A landmark case is a case in a court that is being studied due to its legal and historical significance. These cases are those that have lasting effect on the implementation of a law and these would often pertain to individual beliefs and rights. The landmark cases are keys to the interpretation of certain laws that were not present during the period of that certain case. It provides better understanding and grounds for the implementation of a certain law. Examples of landmark cases are Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Plessy v. Ferguson, Korematsu v. United States and Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Wind Currents. currents of the surface waters of oceans and seas resulting from the action of wind on the surface of the water: Wind currents arise owing to the combined influence of the forces of friction, turbulent viscosity, pressure gradient, deflecting force of the earth's rotation, and so on.