Physical oceanography

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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Singular vector

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Singular vectors are the perturbations that, under dynamics linearized about a basic flow state, grow most rapidly over a given time interval and in a given measure of amplitude, or norm. These ...

Short-wave solar radiation can pass through the clear atmosphere relatively unimpeded, but long-wave radiation emitted by the warm surface of the Earth is partially absorbed and then reemitted by a ...

U.S. Global Ocean Atmosphere Land System programme (GOALS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Scheduled to run from 1995-2010. This programme focuses on improving the coupled ocean-atmosphere models used to simulate the structure of El Nino events under the TOGA program, and also to expand ...

Carbon cycle

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Refers to the cycling of carbon in the form of carbon dioxide, carbonates, organic compounds, etc. between various reservoirs, e.g. the atmosphere, the oceans, land and marine biota and, on ...

United Nations Educational (UNESCO)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Scientific and Cultural Organization, a UN organisation founded in 1945 to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture ...

Nonlinear

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Said of a system (an electronic circuit, the climate, etc.) in which the output is not strictly proportional to the input. One consequence of this is that small changes in input can lead to very ...