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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example: Rocky Mountain Front Wasatch Front Front (oceanography), a place where two water masses come together in the ocean Front (physics), a solution...
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inception in 2003, seismic oceanography has been used to image a wide variety of oceanographic phenomena, including fronts, eddies, thermohaline staircases...
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Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (COMNAVMETOCCOM) or CNMOC, serves as the operational arm of the Naval Oceanography Program. Headquartered...
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Antarctic Polar Front may refer to: The Antarctic Convergence, in oceanography The Polar Front commonly known as the "Antarctic Front", in atmospheric...
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Arctic Ocean (redirect from Arctic oceanography)
of the Barents Sea causes the Polar Front to limit the expansion of winter sea ice, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28(8), 1849-1866 Igor V. Polyakov1...
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East Australian Current (section Physical oceanography)
film. Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Talley, Lynne. Descriptive physical oceanography: an introduction (6th ed.). San Diego, CA: Elsevier...
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number of observational and modeling studies on this front in addition to a number of paleo-oceanographic studies of marine sediments. Contrarily, there have...
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as coastal trapped waves influencing the temperature variability. Front (oceanography) Benguela Current Angola Current Veitch, J. A.; Florenchie, P.; Shillington...
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sea surface salinity (SSS) than normal, and subduction across this SSS front. In particular, BLT is formed in winter season in the equatorward flank...
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RP FLIP (category Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
of Oceanography. The platform was 108 meters (355 ft) long and was designed to partially flood and pitch backward 90°, resulting in only the front 17...
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Woods Hole, Massachusetts (redirect from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography)
the site of several marine science institutions, including Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory, the Woodwell Climate...
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following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Oceanography. Oceanography (from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) 'ocean' and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing')...
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Weddell Gyre (section Physical oceanography)
winds. This location is between 65 and 70°S. Oceanic current Physical oceanography Ross Gyre Antarctica Orsi, Alejandro H. (January 1993). "On the circulation...
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Remote sensing in oceanography is a widely used observational technique which enables researchers to acquire data of a location without physically measuring...
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Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory (redirect from ATOLL (oceanography))
Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory (ATOLL) was a floating oceanographic laboratory for in situ observation experiments. This facility also tested...
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Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 1998, Pages 167-192, ISSN 0967-0637. Southern Subtropical Front Archived 2006-08-19...
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"Frequently Asked Questions: What is an extra-tropical cyclone?". Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division. Archived...
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encountered. Jack, Alex and Charles travel to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography to investigate claims that Fred Nolan had told the team about the south...
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La Jolla (section Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
located in La Jolla, as are the Salk Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Scripps Research. Local Native Americans, the Kumeyaay, called this...
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John F. Marra (section Biological oceanography)
Marra's research encompasses oceanography, phytoplankton, ocean optics, and photosynthesis, with his involvement in 28 oceanographic cruises, serving as Chief...
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at eddies, filaments, and fronts in a coastal upwelling zone". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 56 (3–5): 246–259. Bibcode:2009DSRII...
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Carl-Gustaf Rossby (category Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
first interest in mathematical physics. Rossby came into meteorology and oceanography while studying geophysics under Vilhelm Bjerknes at the Geophysical Institute...
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German Oceanographic Museum The German Oceanographic Museum (German: Deutsche Meeresmuseum), also called the Museum for Oceanography and Fisheries, Aquarium...
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Neritic zone (category Physical oceanography)
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 marine...
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Marine engineering (redirect from Oceanographic engineering)
The same combination has been applied to the rest of this article. Oceanography is a scientific field concerned with the acquisition and analysis of...
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Carin Ashjian (category Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Podestá, Guillermo P. (1994). "Life on the Edge: Marine Life and Fronts". Oceanography. 7 (2): 52–60. doi:10.5670/oceanog.1994.03. ISSN 1042-8275. JSTOR 43924679...
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represents absolute atmospheric vorticity. Rheology, η represents viscosity. Oceanography, η is the measurement (usually in metres) of sea-level height above or...
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Humboldt Current (section Physical oceanography)
portal Gulf Stream Humboldt squid Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography South Pacific Gyre Thermohaline circulation Walker circulation Montecino...
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Pycnocline (category Physical oceanography)
shelf break front. Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 114, C05010, doi:10.1029/2008JC005011. Lalli and Parson (1993). Biological oceanography: an introduction...
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