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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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Sulu Sea
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A regional sea contained within the Australasian Mediterranean Sea at the southwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean. It is centred at about 120° E and 8° N and connected to the Sulawesi Sea to the ...
Swedish Deep Sea Expedition
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research cruise taking place from 1947–1948 aboard the vessel "Albatross," The expedition was headed by Hans Pettersson who also edited the ten–volume series of research reports published starting ...
Costa Rica Dome
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A region centred to the west of Central America around 8–10°N and 88–90°W and about 200 to 400 km wide. Open ocean upwelling causes a domelike configuration of the local well–defined thermocline, ...
Wyrtki centre for Climate Research and Prediction (WCCRP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research centre established at JIMAR whose mission is to conduct research on the predictability of the coupled ocean–atmosphere– land system, to develop the methods for making predictions of the ...
Sibuyan Sea
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A regional sea contained within the Philippines between the northern island of Luzon and the central island group the Visayan Islands. It is centred at about 122.5° E and 12.3° N and connected to the ...
Brazilian Coastal Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A relatively slow but highly energetic coastal current, flowing in the opposite direction to the Brazil Current. The BCC occurs over the Southern Brazilian Continental Shelf during from spring ...
Permanent thermocline
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A relatively sharp change in temperature (and therefore density) beneath the seasonal thermocline maintained by a balance between downward diffusion of heat and the gradual upwelling of deep, cool ...
