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🌊 Ocean Currents Flow Patterns - 2D Wind-Driven Ekman Spiral

2D companion of the ocean currents sim: the wind-driven Ekman spiral with plan-view hodograph, current profiles against depth, Ekman depth, surface angle and net transport, checked against the depth-integrated transport and the governing equations.

Fluid Dynamics & Aerodynamics2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

Ocean CurrentsEkman SpiralCoriolis ForceWind Stress

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install