Question

Ekman transport causes these structures to bulge as much as one meter in their centers. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these largest persistent oceanic flow structures. These rotating structures are driven by constant-sign wind-stress curls and dominate flow within ocean basins.
ANSWER: ocean gyres [prompt on ocean currents]
[10h] This scientist's "balance" is exemplified by the stationarity of ocean gyres despite constant-sign wind-stress curl. This scientist names a unit for oceanic volumetric flow rate that equals one million cubic meters per second.
ANSWER: Haral Sverdrup [or Harald Ulrik Sverdrup]
[10e] Gyres feature flows driven by geostrophic balance, in which the pressure gradient force is opposed by this hemisphere-specific "fictitious force."
ANSWER: Coriolis force [or Coriolis effect]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Alabama Cyber TechStrake Jesuit B1001020
Detroit Catholic Central AStrake Jesuit A1001020
FremdThomas Jefferson A001010
Hunter ALexington1001020
Innovation Academy AAdlai E. Stevenson A1001020
Johns CreekEastchester1001020
LindberghHinsdale Central A1001020
Montgomery Blair AAudrain County AT001010
NorthmontRichard Montgomery001010
NorthviewLambert A1001020
Uni of Illinois LaboratoryBelmont001010
Walter Payton AWestwood1001020

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y1216.67100%67%0%