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The Eastern Mediterranean Transient studied with Lagrangian diagnostics applied to a Mediterranean GCM forced by satellite SST and ECMWF wind stress for the years 1988-1993.…

It all begins with the sun…… Resultant flow which gives rise to vertical motion in and below the Ekman layer Upwelling Downwelling Ekman pumping © 2011 Pearson Education,…

Slide 1 Chapter 24 Test Review Place these notes in your Notebook. Slide 2 Slide 3 Surface currents in the ocean are primarily driven by winds. Surface currents flowing away…