On the Patterns of Wind-Power Input to the Ocean Circulation
International audience Pathways of wind-power input into the ocean general circulation are analyzed using Ekman theory. Direct rates of wind work can be calculated through the wind stress acting on the surface geostrophic flow. However, because that energy is transported laterally in the Ekman layer...
Published in: | Journal of Physical Oceanography |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2011
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Online Access: | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00755392 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00755392/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00755392/file/2013JD021060.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-024.1 |