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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Physical oceanography

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A research institute established in 1987 with the goal of developing state-of-the-art equipment, instrumentation, systems, and methods of scientific research in the deep waters of the ocean.

Marine Light-Mixed Layers (ML-ML)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

a research program designed to study mixed layer dynamics and bioluminescent plankton production. The program focuses on seasonal changes in upper layer physics and the successive populations that ...

Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A research program established in 1992 to provide scientific information on pelagic fisheries to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) after the Magnuson Fishery ...

MBARI Ocean Observing Systems (MOOS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A research program to improve the understanding of the relationships between climatic variability, ocean circulation, marine chemistry, and phytoplankton biomass, composition and production with the ...

International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A research program under which scientists of twentytwo nations collected data in the Indian Ocean from 1959-1965. This was done under a plan coordinated by the Scientific Committee on Oceanographic ...

Coupled Ocean–Ice Linkages and Dynamics (COLD)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A research program whose components include LTER, RACER and SANTA CLAuS. See the COLD Web site23.

OTRANTO

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A research project whose goal is to improve the knowledge about the hydrodynamics of the Straits of Otranto and the evaluate the water and particulate fluxes across this strait at synoptic, seasonal, ...