Physical oceanography

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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Hemipelagic

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Or or pertaining to continental margins and the adjacent abyssal plains.

The French American Mid–Ocean Undersea Study began in 1971 as part of the IDOE. It was based on the general acceptance of the plate tectonic theory and investigated the possibility of underwater hot ...

Poleward energy flux

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The flux process on Earth made inevitable by the fact that more heat is incipient on and absorbed at low than high latitudes and that the Earth is surrounded by a fluid envelope. This excess heat ...

Denmark Strait Overflow

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The flow through and over the 600 m sill depth in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. This is thought to be around 3.0 Sv of which 2.5 Sv is Arctic Intermediate Water and 0.5 Sv is ...

Tidal friction

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The first quantitative theory of the tidal evolution of the Earth-Moon system was presented in a series of papers by George Darwin (Darwin (1879), Darwin (1880b), and Darwin (1880a)) in the latter ...

Sensible heat flux

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The flux of heat between the ocean surface and atmosphere that results mainly from their difference in temperature. The heat exchange is accompished via molecular conduction in the first few ...

GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The first large scale international field experiment of GARP. It was conducted in 1974 and aimed at the study of energetics and dynamics of cloud clusters that drift from the African continent out ...