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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Earth science; Physical oceanography

Descriptive of rotation in the same sense as a vector that points toward the sun, i.e. motion turning to the right (left) in the northern (southern) hemisphere, i.e. anticyclonic motion. This term, ...

Strait of Magellan

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Despite the strong southwesterly winds characteristic of the area, tides are the dominant forcing function for the currents, especially on the Atlantic side.

Gelbstoff

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Dissolved material in sea water that is resistant to bacterial attack. Its name comes from the yellow color it imparts to the water. Brown algae, the principal algae group growing in coastal waters ...

double tide

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Either a high water consisting of two maximums of about the same height separated by a relatively small depression or a low water consisting of two minimums separated by a relatively small elevation. ...

filtered equations

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Equations derived by modifying the equations of motion in various ways. They are called filtered because the modifications filter out or remove certain dynamical processes or solutions that are ...

National Oceanographic Instrument Center (NOIC)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Established by the Naval Oceanographic Office as a facility to establish criteria and procedures for testing and calibrating certain types of instruments. This office was active in the 1960s and ...

marine geophysical data format (MGD77)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Established in 1977 for the exchange of digital underway geophysics data. It was created at a workshop held at the NGDC in January 1977 and is sanctioned by the IOC. The later HYD93 data format was ...