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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Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

Earth science; Physical oceanography

GEWEX was initiated in 1988 by the WCRP as a program designed to observe and model the hydrologic cycle and energy fluxes in the atmosphere, at the land surface, and in the upper oceans. The ...

North East Atlantic (NEAT GIN)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Greenland–Iceland–Norwegian Sea Experiment, an experiment which took place during Sept.–Oct. 1989 at the Norwegian shelf edge near 68° N and comprised seven moorings, five in a closely spaced ...

Harmonious Ice and Hydrographic Observations – Heat In (HiHo HiHo Experiment)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Halide Out Experiment, a Antarctic CRC experiment to study the Antarctic pack ice during winter. The project aims include: (1) providing a quantitative assessment of the mass budget and Antarctic ...

Hans Pettersson

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Head of the Swedish Deep Sea Expedition and son of Otto Pettersson.

Shuttle Imaging Radar-C used for geologic (SIR-C)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Hydrologic, and oceanographic studies. It can image the Earth through cloud cover and its sensitivity to surface roughness, soil moisture, and sea-ice-water contrast makes it useful in studies of ...

Taylor column

Earth science; Physical oceanography

If relative motion is created in a rotating container by heating or by stirring and if an obstacle is placed on the bottom of the tank so that the moving fluid must flow around it, then the ...

In a stratified ocean, a vertical profile may contain regions of static instability. Vertical displacements can be created by reordering the profile to achieve static stability. An RMS value of these ...