What Is the Ekman Spiral

question 37

Multiple Choice

What is the Ekman spiral?

• A) The movement of water in the same direction as the wind above
• B) The decreasingly slower movement of water as it gets further away from the wind source
• C) The sum of all water directions in wind affected layers
• D) The friction created on the ocean's surface layer from wind

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