Samuel Kelly

1 month ago | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Erica L. Green |Samuel Kelly |Andrew Lucas

1 Introduction Surface winds impart momentum into the ocean's surface layer, driving horizontal currents. Once in motion, the Coriolis effect deflects these currents to the right (left) in the Northern (Southern) Hemisphere. Steady winds create currents perpendicular to the wind, as described by Ekman (1905). Impulsive winds set currents in motion that continue to deflect due to the Coriolis effect, turning in circles called inertial oscillations (IOs).