wind-driven current

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wind-driven current [′win ¦driv·ən ′kə·rənt]

(oceanography)

drift current

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No references found			Whilst the currents in continental shelf seas, like the Irish Sea and North Sea, are dominated by the tide, there is evidence that much weaker wind-driven currents might be responsible for circulating key nutrients within the seas. Scientists will study climate change by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Geological Survey says the low oxygen levels may result from wind-driven currents. BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) A new study suggests that these enigmatic waters expand when their permafrost banks melt, rather than when wind-driven currents cause erosion, as scientists had proposed for decades. Growth slumps: melting permafrost shapes Alaskan lakes by Perkins, S. / Science News			wind shear wind shield wind ship wind slab wind sleeve wind sock wind speed wind star wind stop wind stress wind tee wind tide wind triangle Wind Tunnel wind turbine wind uplift wind valley wind vane wind velocity wind wave wind-chill index wind-cut stone wind-cut tree wind-direction indicator wind-direction shaft wind-driven current Wind-Energy Cadastre wind-fire angle wind-grooved stone Wind-Measuring Data Buoy wind-polished stone Wind-Power Installation Wind-Power Plant Wind-Resistant Species wind-rode wind-scoured stone wind-shaped stone wind-shift line wind-speed rating wind-tunnel balance wind-tunnel instrumentation Wind/U windage windage loss windage scale windage yaw Windau Windaus, Adolf windbag windblown Windbreak			Wind Velocity At ... Wind Waker Wind wave Wind Wave Direction Wind Wave Height Wind Wave Period Wind wheel Wind winnowing Wind winnowing Wind, Reel, And Print wind-bell wind-bells wind-borne wind-borne disease Wind-break wind-broken Wind-chill Wind-chill Wind-chill wind-chill factor wind-chill factor wind-chill factor wind-chill index Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispenser wind-cut stone wind-cut tree Wind-Diesel Hybrid System wind-direction indicator wind-direction shaft wind-driven current Wind-Driven Rain Wind-Energy Cadastre Wind-Eze Wind-fertilized wind-fire angle WIND-FLEX wind-grooved stone Wind-Induced Surface Heat Exchange Wind-Measuring Data Buoy Wind-mill Wind-mill Wind-mill Wind-plant wind-polished stone wind-pollinated Wind-Power Installation Wind-Power Plant Wind-powered Wind-powered Wind-Resistant Species Wind-rode Wind-rode wind-scoured stone Wind-shaken wind-shaped stone wind-shift line wind-speed rating Wind-sucker

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