Vertical integration over the frictional layer of the upper


Vertical integration over the frictional layer of the upper ocean (the surface Ekman layer) yields the so-called Ekman transport. How is the direction of this transport related to the direction of the surface wind stress in each hemisphere? Considering conservation of mass, what vertical motion is associated with a wind blowing equatorward along a west coast (such as along the coast of Peru or California)?

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