Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

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Pe'cle't number

Earth science; Oceanography

Dimensionless number relating the ratio of inertial forces to thermal diffusion. Explicitly, the Pe'cle't number is Pe=UL/\kappa in which U and L are characteristic velocity and length scales, ...

Heat energy

Earth science; Oceanography

Energy associated with the random motion of atoms and molecules in a substance; in general, this energy can be measured by temperature. Heat energy exists as either sensible heat or latent heat.

Equatorial kelvin wave

Earth science; Oceanography

Eastward propagating wave centred about the equator with zonal but no meridional velocity. The zonal velocity has a Gaussian meridional structure centred about the equator with standard deviation ...

Gulf Stream rings

Earth science; Oceanography

Eddies formed by pinching off of meanders in the Gulf Stream. Eddies forming to the north (coastward side) of the Gulf Stream are called warm core rings and those forming to the south (oceanward ...

Reynolds number

Earth science; Oceanography

Dimensionless number relating the ratio of inertial to viscous forces. Explicitly, the Reynolds number is Re=UL/\nu in which U and L are characteristic velocity and length scales, respectively, ...

Tropics

Earth science; Oceanography

Either of two parallels of latitude 23°27' north and south of the equator, being the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; also the region bounded by these latitudes.

Energy propagated through space or through material media in the form of an advancing disturbance in electric and magnetic fields existing in space or in the media. The term radiation alone is used ...