GATE XE · 2020 · XE-H
Question 19: Ocean Sciences
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Question 19
XE-HNAT2 marksNeeds review
A westerly wind of 10 m s⁻¹ is blowing at a location in the Pacific Ocean in the northern hemisphere. Assuming density of sea water = 1000 kg m⁻³, Coriolis parameter = 10⁻⁴ s⁻¹ and drag coefficient for sea water = 10⁻⁶, the Ekman transport due to the wind at that location is ______ kg m⁻¹ s⁻¹.
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2020XE-H
GATE XE 2020 · 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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