Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

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Oceanography

Barrier island

Earth science; Oceanography

Long, narrow islands of sand and/or gravel that are usually aligned parallel to the shore of some coasts.

Terrestrial

Earth science; Oceanography

Of or relating to or inhabiting the land, as opposed to the sea or air.

Isohaline

Earth science; Oceanography

Of equal or constant salinity. A line on a chart connecting all points of equal salinity; an isopleth of salinity.

Ekman layer

Earth science; Oceanography

One of the main layers of the troposphere, it is the layer of transition between the surface boundary layer, where shearing stress is constant, and the free atmosphere, where the atmosphere is ...

Kelvin wave

Earth science; Oceanography

Near a boundary in a rotating system, a Kelvin wave propagates with wave crests perpendicular to the side wall and wave height greatest at the side wall to the right of an observer looking in the ...

Absolute humidity

Earth science; Oceanography

Measurement of atmospheric humidity. Absolute humidity is the mass of water vapour in a given volume of air (this measurement is not influenced by the mass of the air). Normally expressed in ...