Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

Contributors in Oceanography

Oceanography

A vertical density gradient (as determined by the vertical temperature and salinity gradients and equation of state) in some layer of a body of water, which is appreciably greater than the gradients ...

Blackbody

Earth science; Oceanography

1. An ideal emitter that radiates energy at the maximum possible rate per unit area at each wavelength for any given temperature. A blackbody also absorbs all the radiant energy in the near visible ...

Amphidromic point

Earth science; Oceanography

A point on a chart of cotidal lines from which the cotidal lines radiate.

Advection

Earth science; Oceanography

1. The process of transport of an atmospheric property solely by the mass motion of the atmosphere; also, the rate of change of the value of the advected property at a given point. 2. Regarding ...

Salinity

Earth science; Oceanography

A measure of the quantity of dissolved salts in sea water. It is formally defined as the total amount of dissolved solids in sea water in parts per thousand ((s)) by weight when all the carbonate ...

Internal wave

Earth science; Oceanography

A wave that propagates in density stratified fluid under the influence of buoyancy forces. Internal gravity waves are also called internal waves and gravity waves. The dispersion relation is given ...

Temperature salinity (TS) diagram

Earth science; Oceanography

A graph with temperature as ordinate and salinity as abscissa, on which the points observed at a single oceanographic serial station are joined by a curve (the T-S curve ).