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Physical oceanography

pairs of counter-rotating vortices in the ocean surface layer aligned with the wind, visible as lines of floating debris.

In physical oceanography, Langmuir circulation refers to pairs of counter-rotating vortices in the ocean surface layer aligned with the wind, visible as lines of floating debris. This meaning comes from Langmuir (1938) in Science.[1]

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References

Langmuir, I. (1938). Surface Motion of Water Induced by Wind. Science, 87(2250), 119-123. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.87.2250.119

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