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tth

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on: Jul 29, 2018
What is the direction of Ekman transport in the Northern Hemisphere?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Humidity can be expressed in many different waysvolume, pressure, mass; but humidity is always
 
  A) the moisture condensation.
  B) the amount of water vapor in the air.
  C) equal to relative humidity.
  D) maximum amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: To the right of the wind direction. With no outside forces, water moves in the direction of the wind. But the Coriolis force deflects wind and water currentsto the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. So, in the Northern Hemisphere Ekman transport is to the right of the wind direction.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B


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