Meaning physical oceanography
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physical oceanography


is the study of the mechanics and thermodyanicms of the ocean and its coastal seas. Physical oceanographers study and model many different types waves (sound waves, storm-generated waves and breaking waves on the beach, internal waves, inertial waves, tsunamis, nonlinear waves such as solitons, and planetary waves known as Rossby waves), average oc [..]
Source: oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu (offline)

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physical oceanography


study of water movement in the ocean.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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physical oceanography


The study of the physical properties of the ocean, including but not limited to temperature, salinity, and ocean currents, and of the physical processes that determine those properties.
Source: glossary.ametsoc.org

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physical oceanography


n. oceanografĂ­a fĂ­sica
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