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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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Lead Experiment (LEADEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 1992 experiment to study the effect of leads (cracks in the ice) on the polar ocean and atmosphere.
Baltic Air–Sea–Ice Study (BASIS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A field experiment of BALTEX. The objective of BASIS is to create and analyse an experimental data set for optimization and verification of coupled atmosphere– ice–ocean models. The specific ...
Tracor Acoustic Profiling System (TAPS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A family of instruments developed by TRACOR to study the size and extent of populations of very small marine life by measuring the acoustic signals backscattered from them at frequencies in the MHz ...
Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic (ERICA)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A field study designed to determine physical mechanisms and processes, and their critical spatial and temporal combinations, which can account for the wintertime phenomenon of explosively developing ...
GUlF of MEXico experiment (GUFMEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A field experiment taking place during February and March 1988 to gather data on two phenomena: air mass modification over the Loop Current, and return flow characteristics of modified polar air ...
Siliceous ooze
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A fine-grained sediment of pelagic origin found on the deep-ocean floor. It contains more than 30% siliceous material of organic origin and is usually found below the carbon compensation depth at ...
Challenger Report
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A fifty volume set of reports on the results of the Challenger Expedition. The six main sections of the report were narrative, physics and chemistry, deep–sea deposits, botany, zoology and a summary. ...
