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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Southern Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment (STARE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A project within BIBEX. STARE is an aircraft– and ground–based measurement program initiated in May 1990 by a committee of scientists from Europe, Brazil and the U.S. to investigate the sources of ...

water mass characteristics

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A property value or, more often, range of property values by which a water mass can be identified and tracked through the ocean. The most commonly used are temperature, potential temperature, ...

Pacific Basin Extended Climate Study (PBECS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A proposed CLIVAR program to put in place in the Pacific Ocean a long–term process experiment to test and improve dynamical models of the ocean processes that participate in climate variability. ...

European Atlantic Time and Space Series study (EATSS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A proposed program for establishing coordination of European research activities along the historically studied 20°W meridian from 20 to 60°N. EATTS will be sponsored under the auspices of SOMARE.

PanAmerican Climate Studies (PACS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A proposed program in the 1995-2004 time frame directed toward the goal of improving the skill of operational seasonal-to-interannual climate prediction (with emphasis on precipitation) over the ...

Electronically Scanned Thinned Array Radiometer (ESTAR)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A proposed remote sensing technique for monitoring the large scale distribution of surface salinity. It depends on the influence of salinity on microwave emissions, strongest at 1.4 GHz. Since ...

National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A protected areas network of federal, state and local partnerships to enhance informed management and scientific understanding of the U.S. estuarine and coastal habitats. It was created with the 1972 ...