Western Irish Sea Gyre current

Western Irish Sea gyre data was provided by Petroleum Affairs Division. This data was created as part of the Irish Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessment (IOSEA). A gyre in Oceanography is any large system of Rotating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis effect; planetary vorticity along with horizontal and vertical FRICTION, which determine the circulation patterns from the wind curl (torque). The term gyre can be used to refer to any type of vortex in the air or the sea, even one that is man-made, but it is most commonly used in Oceanography to refer to the major ocean systems.爱尔兰西海环流数据由石油事务司（Petroleum Affairs Division）提供。该数据集是爱尔兰近海战略环境评估（Irish Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessment, IOSEA）项目的组成部分。 海洋学中的环流（gyre）泛指各类大型旋转洋流系统，尤指由大规模风场驱动的洋流。环流由科里奥利效应（Coriolis effect）驱动形成，同时受行星涡度与水平、垂直摩擦力共同调控，上述因素共同决定了由风涡度（力矩）塑造的环流模式。"环流"一词可用于指代大气或海洋中的任意涡旋结构，甚至包括人工生成的涡旋，但在海洋学领域中，该术语最常用于指代大型海洋环流系统。