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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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Mediterranean Targeted Project (MATER)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multidisciplinary project carried out within the MAST framework. MATER combined physical and ecological modelling with intensive field activity carried out in the three sub–basins of the ...
Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment (AEROCE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multi–disciplinary and – institutional programme focusing on a number of aspects of the atmospheric chemistry over the North Atlantic Ocean. The objectives of AEROCE are: to gauge the impact of ...
Communication–Linked Automatic Buoy (C–LAB)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A moored oceanographical and meteorological buoy system operating in Prince William Sound, Alaska since late 1991. This started out as part of the CFOS project but became part of the SEA project in ...
Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment (CEAREX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multi-national and multi-platform field programme carried out in the Greenland and Norwegian Seas (north to Svalbard) from Sept. 1988 through May 1989. It was a collaboration between Canada, ...
Marvor float (MARVOR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multicycle RAFOS type float developed by IFREMER and TEKELEC (nowMARTEC). A MARVOR float cycles several times between the surface and its planned depth during its mission. When it surfaces it sends ...
Multiple Opening Closing Net and Environmental Sampling System (MOCNESS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multiple net system used in biological oceanography to sequentially sample zooplankton at different depths or for collecting serial samples at the same depth.
Cretan Intermediate Water (CIW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A modified form of Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) that enters the southern Aegean Sea as LIW via the eastern Cretan Straits and is ventilated and transformed by convective processes to become a ...
