The Stommel and Munk Models of the Wind-Driven Circulation

The figure below shows the streamlines of the circulation pattern, as given by Munk (1950), for a rectangular ocean driven by the stress distribution for the Pacific Ocean, shown in the panel at left.

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1Pedlosky, J. (1982). Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Springer study edition. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

2Munk, W. H. (1950). ON THE WIND-DRIVEN OCEAN CIRCULATION. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 7(2), 80-93.

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