Munk, W. (English spelling) MunkW

Japanese: Munk,W.(英語表記)MunkW
Munk, W. (English spelling) MunkW

...As a result, the pressure gradient in the west becomes larger, and a strong current is generated. In the following 50 years, when W. Munk refined Stommel's theory and showed more realistic results, it came to be believed that the cause of the general circulation was wind. In other words, the prevailing idea was that the wind on the ocean surface dragged the sea surface, providing the energy to maintain the circulation. ...

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Japanese:

…その結果西側での圧力傾度がより大きくなり,強い流れが生じる。その後50年にムンクW.Munkがストンメルの理論を精密化し,より現実に近い結果を示すに及んで,大循環の成因は風が原因であると信じられるにいたった。すなわち海上の風が海面を引きずることによって,循環運動を維持するエネルギーを供給しているという考えが大勢を占めたのである。…

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