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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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shelf sea
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A shallow sea that occupies a portion of a wide continental shelf. This is one type of epicontinental sea. Compare to epeiric sea and inland sea.
Strait of Gibraltar
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A shallow strait that separates the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea.
NORth PAcific eXperiment (NORPAX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A shuttle experiment that took place from Feb. 1979 through Jun. 1980. It included 15 approximately monthly cruises on a track running directly south from Hawaii to 4°S, east to 153°W, north to 12°N, ...
slab ocean
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A simple, non-dynamic ocean model used in coupled model simulations. SSTs are calculated from surface energy balance and heat storage in a fixed-depth mixed layer but there are no ocean currents, ...
eutrophic
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A situation in which the increased availability of nutrients such as nitrate and phosphate (e.g. from the use of agricultural fertilizers and the combustion of fossil fuels) stimulates the growth of ...
Institute of Ocean Sciences (IOS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research facility of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The IOS is located in Sidney, British Columbia and is one of a network of nine major scientific facilities across Canada ...
Marine Ecosystem Response program (MER)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research initiative jointly supported by NOAA and NSF geared toward the generation of quantitative scenarios for the impact of the climate system on marine ecosystems such as the economically ...
