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The Nippon Foundation - POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography (currently hosted by the Ocean Frontier Institute, Canada).An annual program in which ten scientists from developing countries are supported to study for ten months in an intensive programme related to ocean observations.
Standard abbreviations ISO 4: Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. ... The Marine Ecology Progress Series is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers all aspects of marine ...
The North Pacific Marine Science Organization, (referring to the organization's status as a Pacific version of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), is an intergovernmental organization that promotes and coordinates marine scientific research in the North Pacific Ocean and provides a mechanism for information and data exchange among scientists in its member countries.
Physical oceanography. water level fluctuations historical, expected and seasonal sea level changes; storm surges; tides; tsunamis; seiches; wind waves – wind seas and swells – characterised by statistics like: significant wave heights and periods, propagation directions and (directional) spectra; bathymetry; salinity, temperature and other ...
The distribution of active floats in the Argo array, colour coded by country, that carry bio-geochemical sensors as of February 2018. A program called Argo was first proposed at OceanObs 1999 which was a conference organised by international agencies with the aim of creating a coordinated approach to ocean observations.
The CPR is a torpedo-shaped plankton sampling instrument designed to be towed from merchant ships, or ships of opportunity, on their normal sailings.As of December 31, 2020, the Survey had been towed a total of 7,063,622 nmi (13,081,828 km) by 278 ships since the survey's inception.
Oceanography (from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) 'ocean' and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.
Marine geology or geological oceanography is the study of the history and structure of the ocean floor. It involves geophysical , geochemical , sedimentological and paleontological investigations of the ocean floor and coastal zone .