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

Particle and Optics Profiling System (POPS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An assembly of instruments designed to count and measure particles and to determine optical and environmental properties of water as a function of depth. The main part of the POPS system is the Large ...

Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An association of institutions which have active research interests in the Gulf of Maine and its watershed. It was founded in 1991 and is housed at Dartmouth College. The missions of the association ...

South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An atmospheric convergence zone in the southwestern Pacific Ocean that is characterized more by a convergence in wind direction than as a wind speed minimum. It extends from east of Papua New Guinea ...

cyclone

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a low central pressure relative to the surroundings. The circulation around the center is anticlockwise (clockwise) in the northern (southern) ...

Bernard Haurwitz

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An atmospheric scientist (1905–1986) who published many basic contributions to the study of short–period atmospheric wave motions, planetary waves (including atmospheric tides), and vortex motions ...

equivalent barotropic

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An atmospheric state in which the temperature gradients are such that the isotherms are parallel to the isobars.

Next Generation Water Level Management System (NGWLMS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An automated system for collecting sea level and other data. The NGWLMS platform measures sea level position, air and water temperature, water density, wind speed and direction, and atmospheric ...