Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

Contributors in Oceanography

Oceanography

The theoretical temperature at which molecular motion vanishes and a body would have no heat energy; the zero point of the Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales. Absolute zero may be interpreted as ...

Kuroshio extension

Earth science; Oceanography

The warm, eastward-flowing ocean current that represents the direct continuation of the Kuroshio (in latitude 35 degrees where the Kuroshio leaves the coast of Japan), and flows eastward in two ...

Upwelling

Earth science; Oceanography

The vertical motion of water in the ocean by which subsurface water of lower temperature and greater density moves toward the surface of the ocean. Upwelling occurs most commonly among the western ...

Beach drawdown

Earth science; Oceanography

The transport of sediment down a beach profile into natural or dredging-related depressions offshore.

Continental shelf

Earth science; Oceanography

The zone around the continents extending from the low-water mark seaward to where there is a marked increase in slope to greater depths.

Conduction

Earth science; Oceanography

The transfer of energy within and through a conductor by means of internal particle or molecular activity and without any net external motion. Conduction is to be distinguished from convection (of ...

Brazil current

Earth science; Oceanography

The warm ocean current flowing southward along the Brazilian coast. Its origin is in the westward flowing south equatorial current , part of which turns south and flows along the South American ...