Sverdrup balance

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Sverdrup balance by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Sverdrup balance equates meridional advection of planetary vorticity to wind-stress curl in the weakly frictional ocean interior.
The Sverdrup balance is a fundamental concept in oceanography that describes the relationship between the wind-driven circulation of the ocean and the resulting geostrophic flow. It is named after the Norwegian oceanographer Fridtjof Nansen Sverdrup.

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