Which of the following statements is true about an Ekman spiral?
A) The net flow of a wind-driven surface current in the Northern Hemisphere will flow at about a 50 ° angle to the wind.
B) With increasing depth, each layer will move faster than the overlying layer of water.
C) Because of Ekman transport, at some frictional depth, water will be moving in the opposite direction from the surface current.
D) An Ekman spiral is not influenced by the Coriolis effect.

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The Ekman spiral describes how the direction of water movement changes with depth due to the Coriolis effect, resulting in water moving in the opposite direction at a certain depth compared to the surface current.

Which of the Following Statements Is True About an Ekman