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Fig. 169. Vertical current distribution in a pure drift current: (a) in the direction of the 

 surface current; (b) normal to the direction of the surface current. 



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Fig. 170. Vertical structure in drift currents for an ocean depth J nearly equal or smaller than 



the upper frictional depth Z) (10 small circles indicate on each curve the end-points of the 



velocity vectors for the depth 0-0, 01, 0-2 ^ and so on until 0-9 d. The dashed curve at 1-25 D 



refers to d = 2-5 D, the remaining part coincides with the curve for 1 -25 D). 



