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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Physical oceanography

Levantine Intermediate Water Experiment (LIWEX)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Which took place during winter–spring 1995 in the Levantine Basin to study the formation and spreading of Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW).

Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Which includes the sum of dissolved CO2 gas and the ions HCO3 and CO3. This is dominated by the bicarbonate (HCO3) ion is sea water and occasionally referred to as total CO2.

Australian National Tidal Facility (NTF)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Which operates the Australian Baseline Sea Level Monitoring Network and is involved in several others.

Meteoric water

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Water produced by or derived from the atmosphere. Meteoric waters start as precipitation in the hydrologic cycle, and the source thereof is evaporation from oceanic surfaces.

North Icelandic Irminger Current

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A current containing the westernmost of Atlantic water inflow to the Nordic Seas, flowing northwards through the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland, and then turning eastwards around the ...

Tsugaru Current

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A current flowing east from the Japan Sea through the strait between mainland Japan and Hokkaido and on into the Pacific Ocean. This is also known as the Tsugaru Warm Current. The Tsugaru originates ...

Cape Horn Current (CHC)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A current found south of approximately 42°S along the coast of Chile. The west wind drift of the subtropical gyre veers south and becomes the Cape Horn Current at this latitude. The lower salinity ...