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Ekman Spiral

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noun

  1. a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874–1954)

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He and other scientists pointed to additional phenomena—Stokes drift, Langmuir circulation, Ekman spiral—that could cause the plastic to move faster than Wilson.

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