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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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SEASAT-A Scatterometer System (SASS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An active backscatter scatterometer operating at a frequency of 13.0 GHz which produced earth locatino and time tagged backscatter coefficients, surface wind stress, and surface wind vectors (with a ...
Radar
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An acronym for radio detection and ranging, the use of reflected electromagnetic radiation to obtain information about distance objects. The wavelength used in normally in the radio frequency ...
Lexicographer
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A writer or compiler of a dictionary or a glossary, i.e. a (relatively) harmless drudge.
Radar altimeter
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument that uses radar to determine a vehicle's (e.g. a satellite) height above the surface and for measuring the height of small objects (e.g. waves, hills) on a planetary surface. In 352 ...
Biophysical Interdisciplinary Tropic Studies buoy (BITS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrumented and unmanned mooring designed to acoustically measure the size and abundance of marine life populations, collect the supporting data that characterises the marine environment, and ...
Southern Ocean Waves Experiment (SOWEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An international collaborative air-sea interaction experiment in which a specially instrumented meteorological research aircraft simultaneously gathered atmospheric turbulence data in the marine ...
Thermoelectric Schlierenmeter
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument used in the mid-20th century to record rapid temperature changes in the ocean. It consisted of a constantin wire soldered to copper wires in two places. One junction was exposed to the ...