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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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Physical oceanography
Mistral
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A northwesterly or northerly wind which blows offshore along the north coast of the Mediterranean from the Ebro to Genoa. In the region of its chief development its characteristics are its frequency, ...
Semi-implicit method
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A numerical approximation algorithm that allows longer time steps than an explicit method and is less computationally onerous than a fully implicit method. Algorithms can usually be designed using ...
Thermal diffusivity
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A number that characterises the rate of molecular diffusion of heat in a liquid. In the temperature range from 0 to 30°C, this varies from 0.1809 to 0.284 cm2/s for air and from 0.0013 to 0.0015 ...
Tropical cyclone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A non–frontal, synoptic scale, low pressure system originating over tropical or subtropical waters with organised convection and definite cyclonic wind circulation.
Maestro
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A northwesterly wind in the Adriatic, most frequent on the western shore and in summer. This is also applied to northwesterly winds in other parts of the Mediterranean.
Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A programme to study shelf processes that took place north of San Francisco during the summers of 1981–1982. The programme employed drifters, hydrographic measurements, Doppler–acoustic surveys, wind ...
Integrated Global Observating Strategy (IGOS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A programme to unite the major satellite and surface–based systems for global environmental observations of the atmosphere, oceans and land. The major objectives of IGOS include: strengthening ...
