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Oceanography
The scientific studies of the ocean.
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Florida current
Earth science; Oceanography
All of the northward-moving water from the Straits of Florida to a point off Cape Hatteras where the current ceases to follow the continental slope. It is one of the swiftest of ocean currents ...
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
Earth science; Oceanography
An instability of an unbounded parallel shear flow to the growth and nonlinear development of waves with phase speed in the along flow direction approximately equal to the speed of the inflection ...
Agulhas current
Earth science; Oceanography
A generally southwestward-flowing ocean current of the Indian Ocean; one of the swiftest of ocean currents. Throughout the year, part of the south equatorial current turns south along the east coast ...
Garrett-Munk spectrum
Earth science; Oceanography
An approximation to the internal gravity wave spectrum (for waves with large horizontal extent compared with the vertical extent) which is observed to have the same structure throughout the deep ...
South Atlantic current
Earth science; Oceanography
An eastward flowing current of the South Atlantic Ocean that is continuous with the northern edge of the Antarctic circumpolar current .
South Pacific current
Earth science; Oceanography
An eastward flowing current of the South Pacific Ocean that is continuous with the northern edge of the antarctic circumpolar current .
