ENVS 1126 Chapter : OCS 1005 Homework 5 2016
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Homework 5 (due on october 10, 2016) ocs1005, section 1&2. Last name: mitchell , first name: jessica , email: jmitc98@lsu. edu. Question: winds blowing at the sea surface result in ekman transport, moving near-surface water (~100 m) either to the right (in the northern hemisphere) or to the left (in the southern hemisphere) of the direction of the wind. In the vicinity of a coast, ekman transport would result in coastal upwelling or downwelling depending on the wind direction relative to the orientation of the coastline. For the five different cases shown below, (1) indicate the direction of the resulting ekman transport (using an red arrow), and (2) indicate whether coastal upwelling or downwelling would result: northern hemisphere. Coastal upwelling wind wind land land ocean ocean: northern hemisphere. Coastal downwelling land land ocean ocean wind wind.
