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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Profiling ALACE float (PALACE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A float with all of the capabilities of an ALACE float as well as a longer lifetime and a CTD profiler to obtain vertical temperature and salinity profiles.

Kuroshio Extension Region Experiment (KERE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A field investigation of the Kuroshio and the deep western boundary current east of Japan.

Newtonian fluid

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A fluid in which deformation is proportional to velocity gradients.

International Marine Global Change Study (IMAGES)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A joint project of SCOR and PAGES whose primary goals are to quantify climate and chemical variability of the ocean on time scales of oceanic and cryospheric processes, determine the sensitivity of ...

Storm Transfer and Response Experiment (STREX)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A joint meteorological–oceanographic experiment carried out in the northwestern Pacific Ocean during November and December 1980. The purpose was to examine the response of the atmospheric and oceanic ...

Gulf of Suez

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A large, elongated semi–enclosed sea of about 10,000 square kilometres area bounded by the Sinai Peninsula on the east and the Eastern Desert of Egypt on the west. It extends for 300 km and is about ...

Deep scattering layer

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A layer of organisms found in most oceanic waters that scatters sound. These layers are usually found during the day at depths ranging from 600 to 2400 feet, are rarely less than 150 feet thick, and ...