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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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Marine Ecosystem Response programme (MER)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research initiative jointly supported by NOAA and NSF geared toward the generation of quantitative scenarios for the impact of the climate system on marine ecosystems such as the economically ...
International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research programme under which scientists of twentytwo nations collected data in the Indian Ocean from 1959-1965. This was done under a plan coordinated by the Scientific Committee on Oceanographic ...
Institute of Ocean Sciences (IOS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research facility of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The IOS is located in Sidney, British Columbia and is one of a network of nine major scientific facilities across Canada ...
Marine Light-Mixed Layers (ML-ML)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research programme designed to study mixed layer dynamics and bioluminescent plankton production. The programme focuses on seasonal changes in upper layer physics and the successive populations ...
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research division of Columbia University dedicated to understanding how planet Earth works. See the LDEO Web site86.
Buys Ballot’s law
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A synoptic meteorology rule stating that if, in the northern hemisphere, an observer stands with his back to the wind, pressure is lower on his left hand than on his right, while in the southern ...
Core layer method
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A systematic attempt to apply hydrography to describe the waters of the ocean as developed by Wust and his students in the 1930s. In this method he distinguished between different core layers ...
