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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
Etesian
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A Greek term for winds that blow at times in summer (May to September) from a direction ranging from northeast to northwest in the eastern Mediterranean. In Turkey these winds are known as "meltemi".
Global Drifter programme (GDP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A NOAA AOML programme whose objectives are to: (1) described mixed– layer velocity on a 5 degree resolution global basis and produce new charts of seasonal surface circulation; (2) provide an ...
National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A network of water level measurement stations in the U.S. coastal ocean, including the Great Lakes and connecting waterways, and in U.S. Trust Territories and Possessions. This is administered by ...
Seismic Sea-Wave Warning System
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A network of seismographs across the Pacific Ocean to serve as an early warning system against the arrival of seismic sea waves (SSW) (also called tsunamis or, in an egregious misnomer, tidal waves). ...
Swallow float
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A neutrally buoyant float used as a subsurface drifter to study mesoscale circulation and small-scale motions in the oceans. Swallow floats approximately track isobaric surfaces, and as such are not ...
Ocean/Air Exchange of Trace Compounds (OAXTC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A NOAA CMDL programme whose goal was to determine the atmospheric mixing ratio of HCFC-22 and its partial pressure in surface waters of the Western Pacific Ocean and to assess the possible existence ...
Coastal Ocean Probing Experiment (COPE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A NOAA ETL experiment which took place in 1995. The objectives were to determine how environmental conditions affect observations of internal waves with active and passive microwave sensors, to ...
