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Mixed Layer
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Currents
controlled by frictional force + Coriolis force
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à wind-driven circulation
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à Ekman transport (horizontal direction)
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à convergence/divergence
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à downwelling/upwelling at the bottom of mixed layer
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Thermocline
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downwelling/upwelling
in the mixed layer
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à pressure gradient force + Coriolis force
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à geostrophic current
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à Sverdrup transport (horizontal)
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