Accession Number:

AD0856475

Title:

Littoral Currents Produced by the Wind (Correntes Litorais Produzidas Pelo Vento)

Descriptive Note:

Translation from Portuguese

Corporate Author:

INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION CENTER INC WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Moreira da Silva, Paulo de Castro

Report Date:

1969-06-20

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

In Dynamics of Up-welling and Applications the author develops the classic theory of circulation produced by the wind. The wind generates, first of all, the so-called drift currents, in a superficial layer D, which Ekman named the frictional resistance layer. But if the flow of the drift currents is interrupted by a barrier, such as a coast, this gives rise to a downward movement which in turn produces a system of descending currents which coexist with the former and form with them, as a result, the littoral currents.

Descriptors:

• *OCEAN CURRENTS
• COASTAL REGIONS
• WIND
• DRIFT
• SURFACE PROPERTIES
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• TABLES(DATA)
• BRAZIL

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE