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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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Western South Pacific Central Water (WSPCW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, a water mass which is one of six distinguishable Central Water masses in the Pacific Ocean. Its T-S properties are almost indistinguishable from those of ICW and SACW, ...
Polar Frontal Zone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, the name given to a transition region in the Southern Ocean (SO) or Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) between the Subantarctic Front (SAF) to the north and the Polar Front ...
Layering
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, this is a consequence of the double diffusion phenomena. If a layer of colder, fresher water overlies a layer of warmer, saltier water, the differences in molecular ...
Western North Pacific Central Water (WNPCW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, the dominant water mass in the northern subtropical gyre, formed and subducted in the northern STC. This is fresher than NPEW at all temperatures and saltier than ENPCW ...
Pacific Equatorial Water
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, the water mass that occupies the largest volume of the Pacific thermocline waters. The NPEW and the SPEW are two varieties of this separated, as one might guess, by the ...
Eurafrican Mediterranean Water (EMW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, a water mass that leaves the Strait of Gibraltar with a temperature of about 13.5° C and a salinity of 37.8 but is transformed by mixing to a temperature and salinity of ...
Weddell Deep Water (WDW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, a water mass type formed in the Weddell Sea by surface cooling and subsequent convection in the polyna. This water has stable properties with a potential temperature between ...
