Which pattern results from Ekman transport deflecting surface currents?

💡 Explanation

Oceanic gyres form due to Ekman transport setting surface waters in motion, creating rotational features because water accumulates at gyre centers rather than dispersing; therefore, rotating ocean currents, rather than other listed effects, are generated.

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