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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Sulu Sea

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A regional sea contained within the Australasian Mediterranean Sea at the southwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean. It is centered at about 120° E and 8° N and connected to the Sulawesi Sea to the ...

A regional sea contained within the Philippines between the northern island of Luzon and the central island group the Visayan Islands. It is centered at about 122.5° E and 12.3° N and connected to ...

permanent thermocline

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A relatively sharp change in temperature (and therefore density) beneath the seasonal thermocline maintained by a balance between downward diffusion of heat and the gradual upwelling of deep, cool ...

Brazilian Coastal Current

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A relatively slow but highly energetic coastal current, flowing in the opposite direction to the Brazil Current. The BCC occurs over the Southern Brazilian Continental Shelf during from spring ...

Tiburon

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A remote operated vehicle (ROV) developed at MBARI. See the Tiburon Web site156.

Wyrtki Center for Climate Research and Prediction (WCCRP)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A research center established at JIMAR whose mission is to conduct research on the predictability of the coupled ocean–atmosphere– land system, to develop the methods for making predictions of the ...