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Ekman spiral

structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary
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Ekman spiral

Summary

Ekman spiral is a phenomenon[1]. It draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #158 of 290).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ekman spiral's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[3].
  • Vagn Walfrid Ekman is named after Ekman spiral[4].
  • Ekman spiral's Commons category is recorded as Ekman spiral[5].
  • Ekman spiral's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05klzm[6].
  • Ekman spiral's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ekman spiral[7].
  • Ekman spiral's Commons gallery is recorded as Ekman spiral[8].
  • Ekman spiral's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Ekman-spiral[9].
  • Ekman spiral's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[10].
  • Ekman spiral's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 200088442[11].

Why It Matters

Ekman spiral draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #158 of 290).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ekman-spiral_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Ekman spiral}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ekman-spiral}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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