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Ekman Convergence

Ekman Convergence is a physical oceanographic phenomenon in which horizontal variations in wind-driven Ekman transport result in a net accumulation of surface water, distinguished by downward vertical motion at the base of the Ekman layer due to mass conservation.

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The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

Erik van Sebille, Stefano Aliani, Kara Lavender Law et al. · Environmental Research Letters · 2020 · 946 citations · Full text

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Kinematics of the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent: An Eulerian and Lagrangian Approach from GCM Results

Bruno Blanke, Stéphane Raynaud · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1997 · 428 citations · Full text

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Determination of water mass properties of water pumped down from the Ekman layer to the geostrophic flow below

Henry Stommel · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 325 citations · Full text

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Deepening of the nutricline and chlorophyll maximum in the Canada Basin interior, 2003–2009

F. A. McLaughlin, Eddy C. Carmack · Geophysical Research Letters · 2010 · 234 citations · Full text

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Influences of mean advection and simple behavior on the distribution of cod and haddock early life stages on Georges Bank

Francisco E. Werner, Fred H. Page, Daniel R. Lynch et al. · Fisheries Oceanography · 1993 · 190 citations

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Authors

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  1. JZ
    Jinlun Zhang

    University of Washington, United States

    3 publications · 213 citations

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  2. MS
    Michael Steele

    University of Washington, United States

    3 publications · 213 citations

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  3. EP
    Ekaterina Popova

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  4. EV
    Erik van Sebille

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 1K citations

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  5. AY
    Andrew Yool

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 60 citations

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Institutions

116

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    841 citations

  2. Fisheries and Oceans Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    706 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    972 citations

  6. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    975 citations

  7. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

    Auckland, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

  8. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    9 publications · 426 citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    6 publications · 754 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 243 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    2 publications · 278 citations

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  5. Journal of Climate

    2 publications · 103 citations

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