King tide or Spring tide describe the highest tides each lunar cycle at full moon and new moon, when the moon and sun are aligned. This maximizes the gravitational pull of these two bodies, increasing ...

While the summer swelter has well and truly started on land, the waters off the Gold Coast and Moreton Bay’s offshore islands have been positively frigid and up to 4C colder than average. The ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Oceanography Vol. 18, No. 4, December 2005 EKMAN MASS and HEAT TRANSPORT IN THE IND... EKMAN MASS ...

ABSTRACT Continuous estimates of the oceanic meridional heat transport in the Atlantic are derived from the Rapid Climate Change–Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) and Heatflux Array ...

Explaining Vagn Walfrid Ekman’s theory of currents. Research shows storms that might have caused minimal damage a few decades ago are becoming stronger and more destructive as the planet warms. Get up ...

ABSTRACT A conceptual model of the salinity distribution in the oceanic Hadley cell is presented. The model pertains to the region of tropical easterly surface winds, where the surface salinity ...

A massive gap in Antarctic sea ice shocked scientists in 2017, opening above Maud Rise and staying open for weeks—longer than expected. NOAA called it a "climate mystery in motion." Ekman transport ...

IT’S called the Ekman Transport, a rare weather pattern off the Queensland coast that is bringing winter back to our beaches just as summer begins. While the summer swelter has well and truly started ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD weather news. Followed categories will be added to My News. While the summer swelter has well and truly started on land, the waters off the Gold Coast and ...