GEOSC 040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ekman Spiral, Sensible Heat, Evaporation
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Coriolis acceleration may be multiplied by the mass of the relevant object to produce the. In the northern hemisphere the coriolis effect moves things to the right of their initial trajectory: clockwise, because earth spins to the east, towards the center of the gyre. Coriolis effect puts pressure on the gyres: pushes down water anything that"s below it, a hill . Sea level is not constant: over a meter of difference of sea level, high"s- in the north atlantic gyre, elevated surface height for the east australian current. Velocity of water decreases with depth because of friction between water molecules. Coriolis wind effects water- keeps going to the right into a spiral. Think of it as packets of water that move separately. Thermohaline circulation in 4 easy pieces: heating, wind, currents, and coriolis. Around the same temperature of surface water. Warm water flows towards the poles: heat gets transferred by:
