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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Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A TOGA experiment conducted in thr equatorial western Pacific from November 1992 through February 1993. The stated aims of COARE were to describe and understand: the principal processes responsible ...

Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A third–generation wave model that computes random, short–crested, wind–generated waves in coastal regions and inland waters. The physics accounted for in the SWAN model includes: wave propagation ...

Cyclostrophic wind

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A theoretically hypothesised wind that would exist, when blowing around circular isobars, as a balance between the pressure gradient and the centrifugal force. The Coriolis force is neglected, and as ...

Direct tide

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A tide which is in phase with the apparent motion of the attracting body, whether it be the sun or the moon. It has its local maximums directly under the tide–producing body and on the opposite side ...

Reversed tide

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A tide completely out of phase with the apparent motions of the principal attracting body, i.e. the lowest heights are directly under the body on opposite sides of the earth.