Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

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downwelling

Earth science; Oceanography

The process of accumulation and sinking of warm surface waters along a coastline. A change of air flow of the atmosphere can result in the sinking or downwelling of warm surface water. The ...

inertial range

Earth science; Oceanography

The range of length scales over which energy is transferred and dissipation due to molecular viscosity is negligible. The power spectrum has power law behavior over the inertial range. In two ...

velocity

Earth science; Oceanography

The rate of change of movement measured in metres/second (m/s) in metric.

The ratio of circumference of the sphere (of an aerosol particle) to the wavelength of incident radiation. For Rayleigh scattering, the particle radii are smaller than about one-tenth the wavelength ...

heat capacity

Earth science; Oceanography

The ratio of the amount of heat transfer applied to a body to the change in temperature produced by this heat, usually expressed as the heat energy required to raise the temperature of a specific ...

longshore current

Earth science; Oceanography

The resultant current produced by waves being deflected at an angle by the shore. Also called littoral current. In this case the current runs roughly parallel to the shoreline. The longshore ...