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A determination of the relation between wind and sea-surface drift

✍ Scribed by P. Hughes

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1956
Tongue
English
Weight
483 KB
Volume
82
Category
Article
ISSN
0035-9009

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The drift of plastic envelopes floating close to the sea surface is related to the gradient wind. The results indicate that in westerly situations a shallow layer near the sea surface moves in approximately the same direction as the gradient wind with about 2 per cent of its velocity.

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