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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Physical oceanography

Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOSDL)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Deacon Laboratory, an institute whose mission is to advance understanding of the ocean environment and processes of environmental change in the oceans and to predict future change by carrying out ...

Eustatic

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Descriptive of global sea level variations due to absolute changes in the quantity of seawater, the most recent significant examples of which have been caused by the waxing and waning of continental ...

Stationary planetary wave

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Departures of the time average of the atmospheric circulation from zonal symmetry. They result from east-west variations in surface elevation and temperature associated with the continents and ...

Semidiurnal

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Descriptive of a tide that has a cycle of approximately one-half a tidal day, as opposed to diurnal.

Phagotrophic

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Descriptive of a heterotrophic phytoplankton species that feeds on phytoplankton or detritus.

Synoptic

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Descriptive of data simultaneously obtained over a large area.

Cold start problem

Earth science; Physical oceanography

In climate modeling, this is a problem that results from beginning a model simulation at a point in time when the climate response to natural and anthropogenic forcing that happened before the start ...