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Sverdrup balance: a standalone construct

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Physical oceanography

the balance in the ocean interior between wind stress curl and the meridional transport of water.

In physical oceanography, Sverdrup balance refers to the balance in the ocean interior between wind stress curl and the meridional transport of water. This meaning comes from Sverdrup (1947) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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  1. Sverdrup, H. U. (1947). Wind-Driven Currents in a Baroclinic Ocean; with Application to the Equatorial Currents of the Eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 33(11), 318-326. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.33.11.318

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