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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Circumpolar Arctic PaleoEnvironments (CAPE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An organization within IGBP–PAGES to provide the vehicle through which international and national Arctic paleo–programs can be linked. The primary emphasis of CAPE is to facilitate the scientific ...

Global Ocean Monitoring and Prediction (GOMAP)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An SERDP program for monitoring and predicting ocean processes at a resolution sufficient to depict features such as fronts and eddies. It covers both deep and shallow water and uses a combination of ...

Cascadia Basin Experiments (CABEX)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An underwater acoustics experiment performed jointly by the APL at the University of Washington School of Oceanography and the Acoustical Oceanography Research Group at the IOS. In this experiment ...

subsurface countercurrent (SSCC)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Another name for the Tsuchiya jets found in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

hydrometeor

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Any condensed water particle in the atmosphere of size much larger than individual water molecules, e.g. fog, cloud, some hazes, rain and snow.

chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Any of a group of exceptionally stable compounds containing carbon, fluorine, and chlorine, which have been used especially as refrigerants and aerosol propellants. CFCs are climatically significant ...

map projections

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Any of an extremely large number of methods for mapping, or projecting, the spherical (well, almost) Earth onto a two-dimensional surface. An overview of map projections88 is available on the Web.