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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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Physical oceanography
Arctic Ocean Variability Project
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A programme designed to assess the variability of the circulation and density structure of the Arctic Ocean including exchanges with the surrounding seas, to find the rates and variability of the ...
Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study (OACES)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A programme designed to gain a predictive understanding of the magnitude of the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is ultimately dissolved in the ocean and removed from the atmosphere for a period of ...
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A programme office of NOAA that administers programmes that support the domestic and international conservation and management of living marine resources.
Inner Shelf Transfer And Recycling (ISHTAR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A programme for investigating ocean processes in and near the Bering Strait.
Pacific Basin Extended Climate Study (PBECS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A proposed CLIVAR programme to put in place in the Pacific Ocean a long–term process experiment to test and improve dynamical models of the ocean processes that participate in climate variability. ...
European Atlantic Time and Space Series study (EATSS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A proposed programme for establishing coordination of European research activities along the historically studied 20°W meridian from 20 to 60°N. EATTS will be sponsored under the auspices of ...
Southern Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment (STARE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A project within BIBEX. STARE is an aircraft– and ground–based measurement programme initiated in May 1990 by a committee of scientists from Europe, Brazil and the U.S. to investigate the sources of ...
