A drifter (not to be confused with a float) is an oceanographic device floating on the surface to investigate ocean currents by tracking location. They...
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that, the Lagrangian way measures the motion of an oceanographic drifter, the Lagrangian drifter. The mooring is held up in the water column with various...
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The Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) leads the engineering aspects of the Lagrangian drifter technology, improves...
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Message in a bottle (category Physical oceanography)
drift cards and biodegradable wooden drifters with non-toxic ink are gaining favor. Beachcombing Drifter (oceanography) Earth's black box Flotsam, jetsam...
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A float (not to be confused with a drifter) is an oceanographic instrument platform used for making subsurface measurements in the ocean without the need...
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Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) is based in Brownlow Street, Liverpool, England. In April 2010, POL merged with the National Oceanography Centre...
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worked in the Physical Oceanography Research Division. He was a Scripps Distinguished Professor. Niiler designed ocean drifters for measuring direct circulation...
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Zooplankton (category Biological oceanography)
ζῷον, romanized: zôion, lit. 'animal'; and πλᾰγκτός, planktós, 'wanderer; drifter'. Zooplankton is a categorization spanning a range of organism sizes including...
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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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Current meter (category Physical oceanography)
(as for a Lagrangian drifter) or in a resting frame. Lagrangian current meters measure the displacement of an oceanographic drifter, an unmoored buoy or...
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scale Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE)/Davis-style oceanographic surface drifters with drogue vanes between 30 and 100 cm deep, designed for deployment...
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Friendly Floatees spill (category Physical oceanography)
local Devon newspaper, reported that Dr. Simon Boxall of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton had examined the toy and determined that the duck...
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pool within the salinity stratified layer. Later work, including Argo drifters, confirm the relationship between eastward migration of the warm pool during...
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in time and space was a breakthrough in oceanography, which previously relied on measurements from drifters, coastal locations like tide gauges, ships...
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patrol anti-submarine net drifter with Harwich local forces from 1914 to 1918. Enterprise II was an uncommissioned drifter, originally based at Larne...
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Salinity (category Chemical oceanography)
Center Salinity Drifter Project. A Collaborative Project with Hancock High School, Kiln, MS". Stennis Space Center Salinity Drifter Project. NTRS. Retrieved...
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National Dong Hwa University Graduate Institute of Marine Biology (category Oceanographic organizations)
of Environmental Studies and Oceanography, operating as an independent research institute in the field of oceanography. It offers MS in Marine Biotechnology...
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the Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE) and Davis-style oceanographic surface drifters – National Science Foundation (NSF) funded experiments exploring...
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application is study of ocean currents in oceanography, where the movable gauges in question called Lagrangian drifters. Recently, with the development of high...
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ISBN 978-0-521-56057-3. R. Lumpkin & M. Pazos (2010-06-08). "What's a Drifter?". The Global Drifter Program. Retrieved 2011-01-29. Bridget R. Thomas; Elizabeth...
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of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1994 Henry Stommel Medal of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution RAFOS float Drifter (floating device)...
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Sea surface temperature (category Oceanography)
temperature in the top few metres of the ocean, measured by ships, buoys and drifters. [...] Satellite measurements of skin temperature (uppermost layer; a fraction...
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Coriolis (project) (category Physical oceanography)
oceanography. Data useful for operational oceanography, are obtained by diverse means including in-situ (ships, drifters, floats, moorings, etc.) and satellites...
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Weather buoy (category Oceanographic instrumentation)
16 June 2020. R. Lumpkin & M. Pazos (2010-06-08). "What's a Drifter?". The Global Drifter Program. Retrieved 2011-01-29. Lance F. Bosart, William A. Sprigg...
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Phytoplankton (category Biological oceanography)
(phyton), meaning 'plant', and πλαγκτός (planktos), meaning 'wanderer' or 'drifter'. Phytoplankton obtain their energy through photosynthesis, as trees and...
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Naval Academy Naval Education and Training Command Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Office of Naval Intelligence Naval Aviation Warfighting Development...
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Indian Ocean (section Oceanography)
dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters". Environmental Research Letters. 7 (4): 044040. Bibcode:2012ERL.....7d4040V...
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and director of the Bioluminescence Department at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution from 1989 to 2005. Certified as a Scientific Research Pilot...
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Height Measurements NOAA HF Radar Oceanography Defense Technical Information Centre - HF Surface Wave Radar for Oceanography -- A Review of Activities in Germany...
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Ocean temperature (category Oceanography)
measure sea surface temperatures. Examples are those deployed by the Global Drifter Program and the National Data Buoy Center. The World Ocean Database Project...
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