Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

coastal jet

Polish translation:

prąd przybrzeżny

Added to glossary by Polangmar
Oct 5, 2011 19:07
12 yrs ago
English term

coastal jet

English to Polish Science Geography
the permanent eddy trapped in the trough between the African shelf and the islands of X and Y may entrain water from the coastal jet giving rise to a filament.

entrain = porwać

Kilka zdań wcześniej:
the effect of a coastal jet stream generating meanders and displacing upwelled waters towards the ocean

w tym drugim przypadku chyba "przybrzeżny prąd strumieniowy" - czyli wiatr
ale w tym pierwszym? chyba chodzi o wody? przypadkowa zbieżność różnych znaczeń "jet"?
Proposed translations (Polish)
4 prąd przybrzeżny
Change log

Oct 7, 2011 13:47: Polangmar changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/141091">literary's</a> old entry - "coastal jet"" to ""prąd przybrzeżny""

Discussion

literary (asker) Oct 6, 2011:
A portion of the colder and less saline upwelled waters in the African coast is trapped by this eddy and transported to the ocean, forming a jet. (z mojego tekstu)
literary (asker) Oct 6, 2011:

Proposed translations

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prąd przybrzeżny

Nie wiatr, lecz woda.

Depending on the locality, wind-induced coastal jet streams (i.e., directed, inertia-driven flows)...
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Reference comments

22 mins
Reference:

there may, or may not, be something on this page

http://www.google.com/search?q=the coastal wind jet&hl=en&cl...

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Note added at 25 mins (2011-10-05 19:33:03 GMT)
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upwelling filaments
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28 Wrz 2011 – strumienie ("jets") - strugi ("filaments")? ... Upwelling filaments are narrow jets that originate on the California shelf and advect cold coastal ...

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Note added at 26 mins (2011-10-05 19:34:37 GMT)
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oops
I don't think the last ref. is useful!
Note from asker:
well, somewhat useful, I remembered this disussion where "jets" were mentioned
Peer comments on this reference comment:

neutral M.A.B. : No, these refs are not really useful
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