Browsing by Subject "oceanography"
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(2020-07-22)The Arctic Ocean is characterized by broad continental shelves, large river inputs, sea ice coverage, and limited exchange with other major ocean basins. This provides a unique environment in which to examine the distribution ...
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(2012-10-19)Previous studies showed that sea surface salinity (SSS) in the Florida Straits as well as Florida Current transport covaried with changes in North Atlantic climate over the past two millennia. However, little is known about ...
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(2012-05-03)Rising concerns of global warming and climate change warrant further research in the seas surrounding the Antarctic continent. The eastern Ross Sea (ERS) is an ideal location to study changing properties of water masses ...
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(2012-02-14)The Remote Anthropogenic Sensing Program was a five year effort (2001- 2005) to examine subsurface phenomena related to a sewage outfall off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. This research has implications for basic ocean ...
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(2013-02-04)Microbial processes in the sea are an essential component of the Earth’s biosphere. Planktonic microorganisms constitute the majority of photosynthetic primary producers in the ocean in terms of both abundance and biomass. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, )A time dependent, two-dimensional storm surge algorithm has been used to estimate the drag coefficient C[subscript D], over the wind speed range: 20 [less than or equal to] W?éü?éÇ [less than or equal to] 40 m/s, where ...
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(2017-01-17)In the modern ocean, important water masses originating in the North Atlantic Ocean and Southern Ocean intersect the Namibian margin of southwest Africa at various water depths: Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) occurs ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Little has been published about the shelf circulation off the coast of Nigeria. Due to increased activity and associated incidents in the shallow waters offshore Nigeria, there is a need to more clearly define the near-shore ...