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    Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean...
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    Oceanography (from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) 'ocean' and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine...
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    Indian, and Pacific Oceans: A Lagrangian Model Analysis". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 35 (7): 1206–1222. Bibcode:2005JPO....35.1206F. doi:10.1175/JPO2748...
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  • The Journal of Physical Oceanography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society. It was established in January...
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    in the film. Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Talley, Lynne. Descriptive physical oceanography: an introduction (6th ed.). San Diego, CA:...
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  • The Oceanography Society (TOS) is a nonprofit society founded in 1988, based in Rockville, Maryland, U.S. and incorporated in the District of Columbia...
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    Oceans portal Gulf Stream Humboldt squid Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography South Pacific Gyre Thermohaline circulation Walker circulation Montecino...
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  • In oceanography, a front is a boundary between two distinct water masses. The formation of fronts depends on multiple physical processes and small differences...
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    ecosystem dynamics (biological oceanography); ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics (physical oceanography); plate tectonics and the geology...
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  • A mooring in oceanography is a collection of devices connected to a wire and anchored on the sea floor. It is the Eulerian way of measuring ocean currents...
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    Retrieved 26 November 2010. Reddy, M. P. M. (2001). Descriptive Physical Oceanography. Taylor & Francis. p. 8. ISBN 978-90-5410-706-4. Retrieved 26 November...
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  • Spice, spiciness, or spicity, symbol τ, is a term in oceanography referring to variations in the temperature and salinity of seawater over space or time...
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    George L.; Emery, William J.; Swift, James H. (2011). Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction. London: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0750645522. Pond...
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  • study of biological oceanography is climate change. Biological oceanography ties closely with physical and chemical oceanography and the details we learn...
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    west winds. This location is between 65 and 70°S. Oceanic current Physical oceanography Ross Gyre Antarctica Orsi, Alejandro H. (January 1993). "On the...
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    Syringodium filiforme, commonly known as manatee grass, is a species of marine seagrass. It forms meadows in shallow sandy or muddy locations in the Caribbean...
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  • and managed a laboratory in oceanography in Gothenburg in 1961. In 1963 he was appointed professor of physical oceanography in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jerlov...
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  • The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory or NPOL is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), under the Ministry...
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    Descriptive Regional Oceanography. Oxford: Pergamon. ISBN 978-0-08-020919-7. Matthias Tomczak and J. Stuart Godfrey. 2003. Regional Oceanography: an Introduction...
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    the early 2000s. The real-time data it provides support climate and oceanographic research. A special research interest is to quantify the ocean heat...
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    Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) is the center for oceanography and Earth science at the University of California, San Diego. Its main campus...
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    1920 – January 17, 1992) was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography. Beginning in the 1940s, he advanced theories about global ocean...
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    Water mass (category Physical oceanography)
    An oceanographic water mass is an identifiable body of water with a common formation history which has physical properties distinct from surrounding water...
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    structured list of topics on oceanography. Oceanography can be described as all of the following: The study of the physical and biological aspects of the...
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    The Mona Passage (Spanish: Canal de la Mona) is a strait that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. The Mona Passage connects the Atlantic...
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    Benthic lander (category Physical oceanography)
    from a few days (for biological studies) to several years (for physical oceanography studies). In these studies they conduct a variety of underwater...
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    Physics (redirect from Physicalize)
    physical. The problems in this field start with a "mathematical model of a physical situation" (system) and a "mathematical description of a physical...
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    HyCOM (category Physical oceanography)
    (GCM) Ocean general circulation model (OGCM) Oceanography List of ocean circulation models Physical oceanography ROMS Sigma coordinate system "HYCOM Overview"...
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    North Pacific gyre South Pacific gyre South Atlantic         gyre In oceanography, a gyre (/ˈdʒaɪər/) is any large system of ocean surface currents moving...
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    Oceanic gyre Physical oceanography Schmitz, William J. (1968-12-01). "On the transport of the Florida current". Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts...
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