Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

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Isotherm

Earth science; Oceanography

A line connecting points having equal or constant temperature.

Red tide

Earth science; Oceanography

A growth of dinoflagellates (single-celled plant-like animals) in surface waters in such quantities as to colour the sea red and kill fish.

Gravity current

Earth science; Oceanography

A flow driven by horizontal pressure gradients, due typically to the flow of a fluid of one density intruding into an ambient fluid of different density. In non-rotating fluid, the head of the ...

Mesopause

Earth science; Oceanography

1. The upper limit and the coldest portion of the mesosphere. The transition zone between the mesosphere and the thermosphere. 2. The top of the mesosphere around an altitude of 85 km where ...

Incoming solar radiation

Earth science; Oceanography

All the constituents making up the Sun's emission, including electrons, protons, neutrinos, and rare and heavy atomic nuclei.

A force that opposes the relative motion of two material surfaces that are in contact with one another; the direction of the force on each body is opposite to the direction of its motion relative to ...

Schmidt number

Earth science; Oceanography

A dimensionless number relating the ratio of inertial to molecular diffusive forces. Explicitly, Sc = UL/\kappa_D in which U and L are characteristic velocity and length scales, respectively, ...