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- https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Oceanography/Introduction_to_Oceanography_(Webb)/09%3A_Ocean_Circulation/9.04%3A_Western_IntensificationTherefore there is an 800 km/hr difference between 60 o and 90 o latitude, while there is only a 200 km/hr difference between the equator and 30 o . Thus the speed of Earth’s rotation changes more qui...Therefore there is an 800 km/hr difference between 60 o and 90 o latitude, while there is only a 200 km/hr difference between the equator and 30 o . Thus the speed of Earth’s rotation changes more quickly with latitude near the poles than at the equator, making the Coriolis force strongest near the poles and weakest at the equator. This imbalance means that the center of rotation of the gyre is not in the center of the ocean basins, but it closer to the western side of the gyre.
- https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/Sierra_College/Introduction_to_Oceanography_(Sierra_College_Edition)/09%3A_Ocean_Circulation/9.04%3A_Western_IntensificationTherefore there is an 800 km/hr difference between 60 o and 90 o latitude, while there is only a 200 km/hr difference between the equator and 30 o . Thus the speed of Earth’s rotation changes more qui...Therefore there is an 800 km/hr difference between 60 o and 90 o latitude, while there is only a 200 km/hr difference between the equator and 30 o . Thus the speed of Earth’s rotation changes more quickly with latitude near the poles than at the equator, making the Coriolis force strongest near the poles and weakest at the equator. This imbalance means that the center of rotation of the gyre is not in the center of the ocean basins, but it closer to the western side of the gyre.
- https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/Diablo_Valley_College/OCEAN-101%3A_Fundamentals_of_Oceanography_(Keddy)/11%3A_Ocean_Circulation/11.07%3A_Western_IntensificationTherefore there is an 800 km/hr difference between 60 o and 90 o latitude, while there is only a 200 km/hr difference between the equator and 30 o . Thus the speed of Earth’s rotation changes more qui...Therefore there is an 800 km/hr difference between 60 o and 90 o latitude, while there is only a 200 km/hr difference between the equator and 30 o . Thus the speed of Earth’s rotation changes more quickly with latitude near the poles than at the equator, making the Coriolis force strongest near the poles and weakest at the equator. This imbalance means that the center of rotation of the gyre is not in the center of the ocean basins, but it closer to the western side of the gyre.
