In 1905, a Swedish oceanographer named Vagn Walfrid Ekman found evidence showing that ocean currents that flow near the surface, which were known to be impacted by wind, were found to deflect to ...

Vagn Walfrid Ekman was an oceanographer who wondered why icebergs tend to move not with the prevailing wind, but at a specific angle to it. What he found was that the icebergs were a bit like tea ...

In 1904, the Swedish physicist and oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman showed in a laboratory that waves formed under the surface at the interface between the salt water and freshwater layers that ...

Scientists call it the Ekman convergence, named for the 20th Century Swedish oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman who, basically, spent a lot of time looking at icebergs to figured out that objects ...

In 1904, the Swedish physicist and oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman showed in a laboratory that waves formed under the surface at the interface between the salt water and freshwater layers that ...

Ekman currents. While we’re talking about long-dead European fluid mechanics pioneers, any study of the effect of winds and currents wouldn’t be complete without a foray into the theories proposed by ...

If you've wondered why the Sydney seawater is so cold you need to consult the work of Swedish oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman. Why it's hot on the beach but cold in the surf this summer.

Explaining Vagn Walfrid Ekman’s theory of currents. Research shows storms that might have caused minimal damage a few decades ago are becoming stronger and more destructive as the planet warms ...

A Swedish physicist called V. Walfrid Ekman has come back to haunt the Illawarra's early morning swimmers, with the ocean effect that takes his name making summer seem a long time gone ...

Seafarers had long known that effect and superstitiously linked it to cursed drowned sailors holding onto the vessel. Nansen later asked a doctoral student, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, to explain the ...

In 1905, a Swedish oceanographer named Vagn Walfrid Ekman found evidence showing that ocean currents that flow near the surface, which were known to be impacted by wind, were found to deflect to ...