GATE XE · 2026 · XE-H
Question 172: Ocean Sciences
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Question 172
XE-HNAT2 marksNeeds review
A steady westerly wind is blowing over the ocean surface at a latitude of 30°N and exerting a wind stress of 0.8
.The magnitude of net volume transport (in
) per unit width is _____. (rounded off to three decimal places)[Density of seawater is 1025
, angular velocity of the Earth is
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2026XE-H
GATE XE 2026 · Paper 1
Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XE-H
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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