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coastal jet

Polish translation: prąd przybrzeżny


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English term or phrase:coastal jet
Polish translation:prąd przybrzeżny
Entered by: Polangmar
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19:07 Oct 5, 2011
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Science - Geography
English term or phrase: coastal jet
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"?
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Local time: 21:25
prąd przybrzeżny
Explanation:
Nie wiatr, lecz woda.

Depending on the locality, wind-induced coastal jet streams (i.e., directed, inertia-driven flows)...
http://tinyurl.com/5s6yvb5
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Polangmar
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Local time: 21:25
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there may, or may not, be something on this pageliz askew

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prąd przybrzeżny


Explanation:
Nie wiatr, lecz woda.

Depending on the locality, wind-induced coastal jet streams (i.e., directed, inertia-driven flows)...
http://tinyurl.com/5s6yvb5

Polangmar
Poland
Local time: 21:25
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22 mins
Reference: there may, or may not, be something on this page

Reference information:
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!

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Note to reference poster
Asker: well, somewhat useful, I remembered this disussion where "jets" were mentioned


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neutral  M.A.B.: No, these refs are not really useful
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Changes made by editors
Oct 7, 2011 - Changes made by Polangmar:
Edited KOG entryliterary's old entry - "coastal jet" => "prąd przybrzeżny"


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