Search results

{{Short description|Motion of water in the oceans}} {{For|the album by Dol Ammad|Ocean Dynamics}} ...

...such that the [[Coriolis force]] on this layer is balanced by the force of the wind.{{Clarify||date=September 2024}} ...is directed at right angles to the wind. The Ekman velocity is named after the Swedish oceanographer [[Vagn Walfrid Ekman]] (1874–1954). ...

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

...on|Narrow, southward-flowing ocean current along the southeastern coast of the Philippines}} ...eder currents of the Kuroshio (gradated to indicate that it strengthens to the North), (7) Indonesian Throughflow, and (8) North Equatorial Countercurrent ...

...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" /> ...

{{Short description|Movement of water from the Pacific to the West Philippine/South China Sea}} ...e southward flowing [[Mindanao Current]]. The Kuroshio Current flows along the eastern Philippine coast, up to 13.7 Sv...<ref>{{cite journal ...

{{short description|Ocean waves trapped close to the equator}} ...n the case of the ocean, anomalous changes in the strength or direction of the trade winds.<ref name="Holton"/> ...

{{Short description|Set of python packages for Langragian ocean analysis}} ...pe |last2=van Sebille |first2=Erik |date=2019 |orig-date=19.08.2019 |title=The Parcels v2.0 Lagrangian framework: new field interpolation schemes |url=htt ...

...its data as well. Beyond 80 million years the plate model fits better than the mantle model. ...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 ...

{{Short description|Theory to explain the periodical variation of the sea surface temperature and thermocline depth}} ...n=0894-8755|doi-access=free |bibcode=2001JCli...14...98W }}</ref> in which the recharge oscillator model is included as a particular case. ...

{{Short description|Freshwater fluxes into and out of the world's oceans}} ...|elevation]]), as well as on the large scale circulation patterns (such as the [[thermohaline circulation]]). ...

{{Short description|Ocean dynamics}} ...cal and biogeochemical processes in the ocean such as [[algal bloom]]s and the [[carbon cycle]]. ...

{{Short description|Forecasts of weather conditions at sea}} ...pwreck|sinking]] of the [[Royal Charter (ship)|Royal Charter]] in 1859 and the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] in 1912. ...

{{Short description|Layering of a body of water due to density variations}} ...[Epilimnion]]'' <br /> II. The ''[[Thermocline|Metalimnion]]'' <br /> III. The ''[[Hypolimnion]]'' ]] ...

{{Short description|Numerical modelling of the sea state}} ...mple Forecast.gif|400px|thumb|NOAA WAVEWATCH III (R) 120-hour Forecast for the North Atlantic]] ...

...ing]] specialists, since the composition and microstructural properties of the ice affect how it reflects or absorbs sunlight. ...) contain inclusions of brine (saline solution) and air - these lie within the (0001) [[crystallographic plane]].]] ...

....noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_historic_documents/NOAA_historical_brochures/Ocean/Old_brass_brains_1989.pdf|title=Old Brass Brains|date=February 1989|publish ...Engine, on the Accuracy of Which Depend Millions of Dollars and Thousands of Lives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=isoxAQAAMAAJ&q=%22tide+predicti ...

{{Short description|Landlocked body of water with underground connection to the sea}} ...te, it is sometimes possible to access the deeper saline water directly in the anchialine pool, or sometimes it may be accessible by [[cave diving]]. ...

| image1 = Earth Pacific jul 30 2010.jpg ...ces of the Sun and tides and movements within the Earth's crust, these are the marine biogeochemical cycles. ...

{{Short description|Mixture of emulsifiers and solvents used to treat oil spills}} ...hanism.jpg|thumb|Oil dispersant mechanism of action|alt=Color illustration of how oil dispersants work]] ...