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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Pattern magic: Ekman spirals from space
  • Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 14:57:31 -0800

Toby Hemenway wrote:

Ekman spirals refer very specifically to an effect of the Coriolis force on ocean currents. Wind and the earth's spin cause ocean currents to be displaced in a downward clockwise spiral (in the Northern Hemisphere; counter-clockwise down under). Refs at

Isn't this phenomenon supposed to be partially responsible for the El Nino
effect?

http://www.gfdl.gov/~a1g/Ekman_spiral.html
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~aecl410/wavecurr/sld004.htm
or just Google "ekman spiral"

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