Abstract
The oceans are subjected to wind stresses that drive the main currents. Because of the stratification of the water the currents decay vertically and at the bottom the stresses are quite small. It has earlier been argued that the torque due to the wind stresses must be balanced by lateral stresses at the coasts, to prevent the oceanic bodies of water from accelerating in rotation.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v16i3.8927 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 408 - 410
Submitted on: Nov 26, 1963
Published on: Jan 1, 1964
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1964 Pierre Welander, published by Stockholm University Press
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