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{{For|the album by Dol Ammad|Ocean Dynamics}} ...: mixed (surface) layer, upper ocean (above the [[thermocline]]), and deep ocean. ...

...-shaped, bacterium of the genus ''Bacillus'' that is commonly found in the ocean at extreme depths and pressures.<ref>{{cite book |title=Medical Microbiolog This species is commonly found in the ocean waters, primarily in the Atlantic Ocean. ''Bacillus submarinus'' is able to live in oceans at a depth of more than ...

...ion of the "Great Salinity Anomaly" of the 1990s around the northern North Atlantic ...ctive events, propagating to different sea basins and areas of the [[North Atlantic]], and is on the decadal-scale for the anomalies in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1 ...

{{Short description|Salinity of the global ocean or of an ocean basin at a point in geological history}} ...nity''' (or palaeosalinity) is the salinity of the global ocean or of an [[ocean basin]] at a point in geological history. ...

[[File:Barents Sea map.png|thumb|Location of the Barents Sea in the Arctic Ocean.]] ...ars Henrik |last7=Smirnov |first7=Alexander |date=2016-05-01 |title=Arctic Ocean Heat Impact on Regional Ice Decay: A Suggested Positive Feedback |journal=J ...

...tion coefficient and is measured in [kg]/[g] in the EOS that describes the ocean. An example is [[TEOS-10]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=gsw_beta|url=htt where ρ is the density of a water parcel in the ocean and S<math>_A</math> is the absolute [[salinity]]. The subscripts Θ and p i ...

...ription|A summary of wind stress. A very important concept for large scale ocean circulation models.}} ...n of 20–35% and thus, results in a different simulation of the large scale ocean circulation.<ref name=":2" /> ...

...empting to explain the arrangement of the [[Earth]]'s [[continent]]s and [[ocean]]s by referring to the geometry of a [[tetrahedron]]. Although it was a his *The [[Pacific Ocean]] occupies about one third of the Earth's surface. ...

...this has yet to be rigorously proven, that the flow in the [[deep sea|deep ocean]] is almost entirely aligned with the neutral tangent plane, and strong lat ...and McDougall. Use of this code is currently restricted to the present day ocean. ...

{{Short description|Overflow current from Nordic Seas towards North Atlantic Ocean}} ...|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_19 |work=Arctic–Subarctic Ocean Fluxes |pages=427–441 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isb ...

{{Short description|Ocean dynamics}} ...is a key mechanism driving biological and biogeochemical processes in the ocean such as [[algal bloom]]s and the [[carbon cycle]]. ...

...conditions water from the deep sea is forced to the surface layers of the ocean. The SCUS is located at about 10°N on the southern coast of the [[Caribbea ...f name=":0" /> The "typical" Caribbean surface water is a mixture of North Atlantic Surface Water (NASW) and riverine waters from the Orinoco and Amazon rivers ...

...nitiated studies using three dimensional [[Ocean general circulation model|ocean circulation models]], confirming the existence of multiple equilibria in th {{Main|Atlantic meridional overturning circulation}} ...

...zhu">{{Cite journal|last=You|first=Yuzhu|date=November 2002|title=A global ocean climatological atlas of the Turner angle: implications for double-diffusion ...:Sketch of thermal and haline stratification.png|thumb|267x267px|Sketch of ocean thermal and haline stratification, indicating "doubly stable", "diffusive", ...

{{short description|Ocean current with dynamics determined by the presence of a coastline}} [[File:North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone.jpg|thumb|right|The main ocean currents involved with the North Pacific Gyre]] ...

...deformation radius]].<ref name="Gill">Gill, Adrian E., 1982: ''Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics,'' International Geophysics Series, Volume 30, Academic Press, 662 ...imilarly, westward-propagating mixed waves were also found in the Atlantic Ocean by Weisberg et al. (1979) with periods of 31 days, horizontal wavelengths o ...

'''The depth of the seafloor''' on the flanks of a [[mid-ocean ridge]] is determined mainly by the ''age'' of the [[oceanic lithosphere]]; ...a|editor=A. E. J. Engel|place=Boulder, CO|pages=599–620|chapter=History of Ocean Basins|editor2=Harold L. James|editor3=B. F. Leonard|chapter-url=http://www ...

...t]]. The ocean phenomenon consists of [[Mixed layer|well-mixed layers]] of ocean water stacked on top of each other. The well-mixed layers are separated by ...th temperature and salinity increase downward, for example in the [[Arctic Ocean]] and in the [[Weddell Sea]].<ref name=":1" /> An important feature of the ...

...local ocean properties (on sea surface [[salinity]], [[temperature]] and [[Ocean surface topography|elevation]]), as well as on the large scale circulation ...g|thumb|412x412px|Shows the freshwater fluxes between the earth's systems (ocean, cryosphere, atmosphere, terrestrial water storages), whereby the oceanic f ...

...2005 Atlantic hurricane season]]. This coincidence of RAINEX with the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season led to the study and exploration of infamous hurricanes [[ ...l simulations of the data collected in flight at the RSMAS atmosphere-wave-ocean modeling system. ...