Unlike geostrophic currents, and geostrophic winds are examples of inertial waves.
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Geostrophic currents in the basin interior are estimated using temperature and salinity measurements from moorings and gliders.
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A geostrophic current may also be thought of as a rotating shallow water wave with a frequency of zero.
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Satellite altimeters are also used to measure sea surface height anomaly, which permits a calculation of the geostrophic current at the surface.
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A "'geostrophic current "'is an oceanic flow in which the pressure gradient force is balanced by the Coriolis effect.
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The AMOC is calculated on the basis of the directly measured boundary currents, the geostrophic currents and the Ekman transports estimated from the surface wind stress.
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Inertial waves are observed most commonly in planetary atmospheres ( Rossby waves, geostrophic winds ) and in oceans and lakes ( geostrophic currents ), where they are responsible for much of the mixing that takes place.
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Geostrophic current anomaly, like a Kelvin wave signature propagating eastward to South America between December and April can be easily discerned, and this arrival to South America also coincided with the above-mentioned SST anomaly onset.
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The major currents of the world's oceans, such as the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio Current, the Agulhas Current, and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, are all approximately in geostrophic balance and are examples of geostrophic currents.
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Isotherms on the stratified side of the thermal bar slope away from the bar, producing a pressure gradient force that when balanced by the Coriolis force produces a cyclonic coastal geostrophic current that transports water and suspended matter along the shore.
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