• Thumbnail for Physical oceanography
    Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean...
    31 KB (3,729 words) - 00:52, 2 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oceanography
    Oceanography (from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) 'ocean', and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine...
    42 KB (5,023 words) - 22:07, 26 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drake Passage
    Indian, and Pacific Oceans: A Lagrangian Model Analysis". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 35 (7): 1206–1222. Bibcode:2005JPO....35.1206F. doi:10.1175/JPO2748...
    24 KB (2,628 words) - 01:02, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for East Australian Current
    in the film. Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Talley, Lynne. Descriptive physical oceanography: an introduction (6th ed.). San Diego, CA:...
    9 KB (1,084 words) - 14:15, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Physical geography
    ecosystem dynamics (biological oceanography); ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics (physical oceanography); plate tectonics and the geology...
    30 KB (3,583 words) - 09:59, 14 March 2024
  • The Journal of Physical Oceanography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society. It was established in January...
    3 KB (140 words) - 21:25, 29 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for North Pacific Gyre
    George L.; Emery, William J.; Swift, James H. (2011). Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction. London: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0750645522. Pond...
    9 KB (1,906 words) - 18:05, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Humboldt Current
    Oceans portal Gulf Stream Humboldt squid Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography South Pacific Gyre Thermohaline circulation Walker circulation Montecino...
    14 KB (1,843 words) - 01:45, 29 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    The Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the center for oceanography and Earth science based at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla...
    22 KB (2,129 words) - 19:06, 8 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neritic zone
    Neritic zone (category Physical oceanography)
    for marine life, from plankton up to large fish and corals, while physical oceanography sees it as where the oceanic system interacts with the coast. In...
    6 KB (676 words) - 08:42, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mona Passage
    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...
    12 KB (1,201 words) - 01:17, 9 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Hawaiian Islands
    Hawaiian Islands (category Physical oceanography)
    The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Nā Moku o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the...
    34 KB (3,653 words) - 23:04, 26 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rip tide
    Rip tide (category Physical oceanography)
    A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland...
    5 KB (617 words) - 14:47, 3 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arctic Ocean
    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...
    65 KB (6,952 words) - 00:20, 10 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Weddell Gyre
    west winds. This location is between 65 and 70°S. Oceanic current Physical oceanography Ross Gyre Antarctica Orsi, Alejandro H. (January 1993). "On the...
    6 KB (792 words) - 07:11, 17 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southern Ocean
    Descriptive Regional Oceanography. Oxford: Pergamon. ISBN 978-0-08-020919-7. Matthias Tomczak and J. Stuart Godfrey. 2003. Regional Oceanography: an Introduction...
    114 KB (14,809 words) - 04:51, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oceanic zone
    Oceanic zone (category Physical oceanography)
    It is the open sea region beyond the edge of the continental shelf and includes 65% of the ocean's completely open water. The oceanic zone has a wide array...
    4 KB (529 words) - 13:04, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ocean current
    Ocean current (category Physical oceanography)
    Any large system of circulating ocean surface currents Physical oceanography – Study of physical conditions and processes within the ocean Subsurface ocean...
    19 KB (2,733 words) - 03:54, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Quaternary
    Quaternary (category Physical oceanography)
    The Quaternary (/kwəˈtɜːrnəri, ˈkwɒtərnɛri/ kwə-TUR-nə-ree, KWOT-ər-nerr-ee) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in...
    20 KB (2,114 words) - 22:28, 13 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Natural science
    sub-categorized into more specialized cross-disciplines, such as physical oceanography and marine biology. As the marine ecosystem is very large and diverse...
    52 KB (6,160 words) - 17:25, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black Sea undersea river
    Black Sea undersea river (category Physical oceanography)
    The Black Sea undersea river is a current of particularly saline water flowing through the Bosphorus Strait and along the seabed of the Black Sea. The...
    5 KB (530 words) - 17:26, 5 April 2024
  • study of biological oceanography is climate change. Biological oceanography ties closely with physical and chemical oceanography and the details we learn...
    9 KB (1,318 words) - 00:03, 9 March 2024
  • Undertow (water waves) (category Physical oceanography)
    In physical oceanography, undertow is the undercurrent that moves offshore while waves approach the shore. Undertow is a natural and universal feature...
    12 KB (1,338 words) - 15:59, 17 May 2023
  • 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...
    5 KB (559 words) - 05:14, 17 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Henry Stommel
    1920 – January 17, 1992) was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography. Beginning in the 1940s, he advanced theories about global ocean...
    8 KB (832 words) - 18:50, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Maui Nui
    Maui Nui (category Physical oceanography)
    Maui Nui is a modern geologists' name given to a prehistoric Hawaiian island and the corresponding modern biogeographic region. Maui Nui is composed of...
    10 KB (1,007 words) - 06:05, 17 February 2024
  • Ocean deoxygenation Lalli, Carol; Parsons, Timothy (1993). Biological Oceanography: An Introduction. Oxford. ISBN 0-7506-2742-5. "World Ocean Atlas 2009"...
    29 KB (4,352 words) - 06:29, 17 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Physics
    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...
    90 KB (10,127 words) - 10:45, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Equatorial Counter Current
    and thus an El Niño. Coral bleaching Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Walker circulation Humboldt Current Wyrtki, Klaus (1973). "An Equatorial...
    12 KB (1,595 words) - 02:14, 12 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Argo (oceanography)
    the early 2000s. The real-time data it provides support climate and oceanographic research. A special research interest is to quantify the ocean heat...
    24 KB (2,852 words) - 16:23, 27 September 2023