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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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Cyclone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a low central pressure relative to the surroundings. The circulation around the centre is anticlockwise (clockwise) in the northern (southern) ...
Equivalent barotropic
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An atmospheric state in which the temperature gradients are such that the isotherms are parallel to the isobars.
Bio-optical profiling system (BOPS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument for measuring optical and physical parameters in the water column.
Moored Profiler (MP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument designed and built at WHOI to acquire repeated, high vertical resolution, full water column profiles of ocean currents and water properties at a fixed site. It does this by climbing up ...
Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument deployed off the coast of Lanai, Hawaii in Feb. 1994 to measure visible and near-infrared radiation entering and emanating from the ocean. The variations of the visible reflected ...
TOPEX microwave radiometer (TMR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument on the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission. The TMR measures sea surface microwave emissivity at three frequencies (18, 21, and 37 GHz) to estimate to total water vapour content in the atmosphere. ...
Long–Term Autonomous Microstructure Profiler (LAMP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument designed to autonomously collect microstructure profiles over deployments of several months duration. It consists of an autonomously profiling ALACE float outfitted with two ...
