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4 Oceanography. 5 Marine life. 6 Biodiversity. 7 Geology. 8 History. ... The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering ...
Regional center in Kochi. The National Institute of Oceanography, founded on 1 January 1966 as one of 38 constituent laboratories of the CSIR, [3] is a self-governing research organisation in India that conducts scientific research and studies on the unique oceanographic features of the northern Indian Ocean.
The International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) was a large-scale multinational hydrographic survey of the Indian Ocean which took place from September 1, 1959, to December 31, 1965, Jawaharlal Nehru then PM of India inaugurated International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) in 1959 with collaboration with foreign universities.
Oceanography and Climate Laboratory in Paris LOCEAN Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute on the island of Embiez near Six-Fours-les-Plages . Roscoff Marine Station , associated with Sorbonne University , is the oldest marine research station in the world. [ 17 ]
Aditi Pant (born 5 July 1943 [1]), is an Indian oceanographer.She was the first Indian woman to visit Antarctica, alongside geologist Sudipta Sengupta in 1983 as part of the Indian Antarctic Program.
Thermohaline circulation. 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.
The borders of the oceans are the limits of Earth's oceanic waters.The definition and number of oceans can vary depending on the adopted criteria. The principal divisions (in descending order of area) of the five oceans are the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern (Antarctic) Ocean, and Arctic Ocean.
Oceansat is a series of Earth observation satellites built, launched, and operated by Indian Space Research Organisation, and dedicated to oceanography and atmospheric studies. Oceansat satellites facilitate a range of applications including documenting chlorophyll concentration, phytoplankton blooms, atmospheric aerosols and particulate matter ...