English Explanatory Dictionary

Ekman spiral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary.

Word forms

Ekman spiral Ekman spirals

Etymology

First physically explained by Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer.

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