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Wind-Stress Curl edit
Wind-stress curl is a spatial gradient in wind speed [1]. It has a significant influence on coastal upwelling and downwelling. Wind-stress curl occurs when there is a strong longshore wind that is adjacent to a weaker wind. Ekman transport from the stronger wind would push surface water eastward or westward (depending on the location being observed), but the weaker wind would be pushing the surface water at a much slower rate. This difference in speed would cause the water to either converge or diverge. Positive wind-stress curl results in upwelling and negative wind-stress curl results in downwelling.
Reference section edit
- ^ Miller, Charles; Wheeler, Patricia (2012). Biological Oceanography (2nd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 1315.
External links section edit
- ^ Nelson, Craig (1976). "Wind stress and wind stress curl over California current" (PDF). Dudley Knox Library: 136 – via Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive.