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Physical oceanography
The scientific study of the physical conditions and processes related to the motions and physical properties of ocean currents and waters.
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Southern Subsurface Countercurrent (SSCC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An eastward flowing countercurrent that flows beneath the surface east of 155° in the South Pacific Ocean. It flows between the eastward flowing South Equatorial Countercurrent (SECC) to the north ...
North Subsurface Countercurrent
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An eastward flow in the Pacific Ocean whose core is located near 600 m depth a few degrees north of the Equator. A satisfactory dynamical explanation for this is as yet nonexistent.
Northern Subsurface Countercurrent
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An eastward flowing countercurrent that flows beneath the surface at around 4° N in the North Pacific Ocean. It flows between the eastward flowing North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) to the north ...
South Equatorial Undercurrent
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An eastward flow in the Atlantic Ocean whose core is located near 200 m depth a few degrees south of the Equator. A satisfactory dynamical explanation for this is as yet nonexistent.
Lead
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An opening in pack ice which forms as the result of a local divergence in its drift. These occur at weak points in the ice and are characteristically long, narrow channels metres to hundreds of ...
Shallow Water Acoustic Random Media 1995 experiment (SWARM95)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An ONR sponsored joint operation between the NRL Acoustic Signal Processing Branch and Woods Hole. The goal is to explore the effects on acoustic propagation of random ocean environments in the water ...
SeaSoar
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An open ocean undulating data acquisition vehicle originally designed and built by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (now the Southampton Oceanography Center, UK). SeaSoar is capable of ...
