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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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Little Ice Age
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A return to colder climatic conditions beginning in about 1450 and ending around 1890. This was an era of moderate, renewed glaciation that followed the warmest known part of the Holocene. It was ...
Nansen bottle
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A reversing water bottle comprising a water bottle and a pair of thermometers on a reversing frame. This was developed by Fridtjof Nansen around 1910.
Scotia Ridge
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A ridge connecting South American and Antarctica located at about 70° W in the Southern Ocean that, along with the narrowing of the Drake Passage 2000 km to the west, impedes the flow of the ...
Kerguelan Plateau
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A ridge located at approximately 75° E in the Southern Ocean that impedes the flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at depths below 2000 m. Most of this broad plateau is between 2000 and 3000 m ...
longshore bar
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A ridge of sand running roughly parallel to the shoreline which may become exposed at low tide. There can be a series of these running parallel to one another at different water depths.
Savonius rotor
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A rotor originally developed for power generation (i.e. it’s a propellor in reverse that spins when placed in moving water) that has been extensively used as a sensor on various ocean current meters. ...
PRIRODA
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A Russian remote sensing module (named for the Russian word for nature) planned to provide the experimental basis for a scientific research program for the development and verification of remote ...
