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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Mesopelagic zone

Earth science; Physical oceanography

One of five vertical ecological zones into which the deep sea is sometimes divided. This is the uppermost aphotic zone from 200 to 1000 m deep where little light penetrates and the temperature ...

One of the pathways (along with the Romanche Fracture Zone) for AABW and lower NADW from the western to the eastern trough of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean across the Mid– Atlantic Ridge. To the west ...

Ocean Chemistry Division (OCD)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

One of four scientific research divisions within NOAA's AOML. Its work includes projects important in assessing the current and future affects of human activities on the coastal, deep ocean and ...

Stratified estuary

Earth science; Physical oceanography

One of four principal types of estuaries as distinguished by prevailing flow conditions. This type is stratified with a halocline between the upper and lower portions of the water column of nearly ...

Well mixed estuary

Earth science; Physical oceanography

One of four principal types of estuaries as distinguished by prevailing flow conditions. In this type the water column is (as you might have guessed) well mixed with essentially no variation in ...

Bjerknes, Jacob (1897-1975)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

One of the founders of modern meteorology, Bjerknes entered and revolutionised the field at the age of 20 with his discovery of the structure of extratropical cyclones. His father was the physicist ...

Sunda Shelf

Earth science; Physical oceanography

One of the largest continental shelves in the world. It covers around 1,800,000 km2, is centred around 108° E and 2° N, and occupies the regions of the Java Sea, the southern parts of the South China ...