Any large system of circulating ocean surface currents
For other uses, see Gyre (disambiguation).
North Atlantic gyre
North Atlantic gyre
North Atlantic gyre
Indian Ocean gyre
North Pacific gyre
South Pacific gyre
South Atlantic gyre
World map of the five major ocean gyres
In oceanography, a gyre (/ˈdʒaɪər/) is any large system of circulating ocean surface currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis effect; planetary vorticity, horizontal friction and vertical friction determine the circulatory patterns from the wind stress curl (torque).[1]
Gyre can refer to any type of vortex in an atmosphere or a sea,[2] even one that is human-created, but it is most commonly used in terrestrial oceanography to refer to the major ocean systems.
^Heinemann, B. and the Open University (1998) Ocean circulation, Oxford University Press: Page 98
^Lissauer, Jack J.; de Pater, Imke (2019). Fundamental Planetary Sciences : physics, chemistry, and habitability. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108411981.
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