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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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Earth science; Physical oceanography
In biological oceanography, the loss rate of organic carbon (and nitrogen) from the surface ocean layer to the ocean interior.
Euphotic zone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In the ocean, the sunlit layer from the surface to the depth of 1% light level wherein most of the primary productivity takes place. The depth varies geographically and seasonally and can range from ...
Studies of the Hydrology (SHIVA)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Influence and Variability of the Asian summer monsoon, a project sponsored by the European Commission. The project goals are: to improve the simulation of the mean evolution of the monsoon, ...
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Initiated in 1988 by the WCRP to observe and model the hydrologic cycle and energy fluxes in the atmosphere , at the land surface, and in the upper oceans. It is an integrated programme of research, ...
Joseph Proudman
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Joseph Proudman (1888–1975) occupied the chair of applied mathematics at Liverpool University from 1919 to 1933, then the chair of oceanography until his retirement in 1954. On his initiatives, the ...
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (SOEST)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
It was established in 1988 and currently has approximately 700 faculty and staff. It consists of departments in Geology and Geophysics, Meteorology, Oceanography, and Ocean Engineering, as well as ...
Stommel’s demon
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In the theory of the ventilated thermocline, a deepening mixing layer allows only a narrow range of density to subduct at any geographical location. Only water of a particular density class is able ...
