authority: goos
slug: surface-currents
name: Surface Currents
domain: ocean
subdomain: physical
authority_id: goos:surface-currents
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/A05/current/EV_SurfaceCurrents/
  cf_standard_name: surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity
  gcos_overlap: gcos:surface-currents
canonical_units: m s-1
description: |
  Horizontal velocity of seawater at the ocean surface, typically resolved
  as eastward and northward components. Drives surface transport, marine
  debris drift, and air-sea exchange of heat and momentum.
theme: ocean
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://goosocean.org/eov/surface-currents/