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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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Particle and Optics Profiling System (POPS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An assembly of instruments designed to count and measure particles and to determine optical and environmental properties of water as a function of depth. The main part of the POPS system is the Large ...
Computational mode
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An artefact of numerical solution procedures that use a centred scheme for temporal advancement, i.e. one that requires information at three time levels. Starting such a scheme requires two ...
Next Generation Water Level Management System (NGWLMS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An automated system for collecting sea level and other data. The NGWLMS platform measures sea level position, air and water temperature, water density, wind speed and direction, and atmospheric ...
Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An association of institutions which have active research interests in the Gulf of Maine and its watershed. It was founded in 1991 and is housed at Dartmouth College. The missions of the association ...
Gibb’s phenomenon
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An artefact of attempting to approximate a function or waveformwith a discontinuity using a Fourier series or some other global, continuous basis function. The fit is poor in a region near the ...
Bernard Haurwitz
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An atmospheric scientist (1905–1986) who published many basic contributions to the study of short–period atmospheric wave motions, planetary waves (including atmospheric tides), and vortex motions ...
South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An atmospheric convergence zone in the southwestern Pacific Ocean that is characterised more by a convergence in wind direction than as a wind speed minimum. It extends from east of Papua New Guinea ...
