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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Complex principal oscillation pattern (CPOP)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A generalisation of the POP concept into the complex domain. Although this was introduced to extend the POP technique to the modelling of standing wave oscillations, it was also found the CPOPs ...

Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale (OGS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A geophysical research institution located in Trieste, Italy. The OGS has a Department of Oceanology and Environmental Geophysics that performs research in physical ocenaography, especially in the ...

Resurgence

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A general class of phenomena where, after a storm surge, the water level falls, rises, falls again, rises again, and so on for many hours after the passage of a hurricane. This has been variously ...

Planetary boundary layer

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A generic term for either oceanic boundary layer (OBL) or atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). These layers are fundamentally turbulent and extend from near the surface to the boundary layer depth or ...

Isopleth

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A general term referring to lines drawn on a map or chart to display the distribution of any element, each line being drawn through places at which the element has the same value.