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Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean The largest of the world's major oceans (179.7 × 10
6 km
2) and also the coldest (average 3.36°C), deepest (4028 m average), and least saline (34.62 parts per thousand).
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Temperature trend of the last 40 yr in the upper Pacific Ocean
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...retrospective analyses of the global ocean heat content. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 29, 119-145. [Reference...changes in the equatorial Pacific trade winds. J. Climate...Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans and the eastern ocean coastal response. J. Climate...
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Freshwater and heat changes in the North and South Pacific Oceans between the 1960s and 1985-94
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...North and South Pacific Oceans in the 1960s and...along five World Ocean Circulation Experiment...North and South Pacific Oceans combined contain...half of the world ocean volume. Yet relative...Pacific and Indian Oceans, based on hydrographic...along four zonal ...
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The Teleconnection between the Western Indian and the Western Pacific Oceans
Magazine article from: Monthly Weather Review; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...influence of the Indian Ocean SST anomalies (SSTAs...both the Indian and Pacific Oceans were actively involved...in all three tropical ocean basins. Furthermore...Indian and the Atlantic Oceans amplify the ENSO-induced signals in the ocean and in the atmosphere...evolution of ENSO in ...
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Effects of the Indonesian throughflow on the Pacific and Indian Oceans
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...thermal structure of the Pacific and Indian Oceans are studied by comparing...solutions of a near-global ocean general circulation...exchange in the North Pacific. Meanwhile, it helps...the Indian into the Pacific Oceans) to nearly 20 Sv...into the Indian Ocean. Based on a ...
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Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamical processes in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans and the TBO
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...well as Indian Ocean SST dipole (or...in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, respectively...dynamics, and upper-ocean temperature and...in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans also contribute...role of coupled ocean dynamical processes...tropical Indian and ...
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Intermediate-Depth Circulation of the Indian and South Pacific Oceans Measured by Autonomous Floats
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...deployed in the Indian Ocean, including its Southern Ocean sector. Only 90 of...the Indian and South Pacific Oceans seen by these floats...analysis of 32S in the Pacific is the only such integration...completed. Because ocean variabilit
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Is there a meridional overturning cell in the Pacific and Indian Oceans?
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the exchange between the Pacific-Indian Ocean system...fashion to the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian and Pacific Oceans have a meridional overturning...meridionally from the Southern Ocean to the Pacific and Indian Oceans and then forced down to...
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Indian Ocean Capacitor Effect on Indo-Western Pacific Climate during the Summer following El Niño
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...spring over the equatorial Pacific. They include the tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) sea surface temperature...the subtropical northwest Pacific, and increased mei-yu...anomalies over the Indo-western Pacific Oceans. It causes tropospheric...
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Pacific Islanders lead saving Pacific Ocean expedition.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 9/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...starts today sails through the Pacific on a two month expedition...of the crisis facing our oceans from the Southern Ocean to the North Sea and takes...solutions," she said. "Pacific Islanders say the oceans is not what divides us but...
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Atmosphere-ocean variations in the Indo-Pacific sector during ENSO episodes
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...influence the underlying ocean through modulation...eastern equatorial Pacific with those in IWP...in the Indian and Pacific Oceans has been proposed...Eurasia and the Indian Ocean toward the equatorial Pacific. The analysis performed...
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Pacific Ocean
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...boundaries in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Without exact chronometers...tentatively explored the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Magellan's voyages were followed...x2013; 1527 crossed the southern Pacific Ocean from east to west, establishing...
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Pacific and Indian Ocean common water
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Pacific and Indian Ocean common water ( PIOCW ) The deep waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, classed as one mass because they are so similar in character. The mean temperature is 1.5°C and salinity is 34.70 parts per thousand.
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Pacific- and Indian-Ocean common water
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Pacific- and Indian-Ocean common water (abbreviation PIOCW ) The deep waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans are so similar in character that they are usually classed as one mass, with a mean temperature of 1.5°C and a salinity of 34.70 parts per thousand.
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Oceans, Polar
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...rest of the world's oceans in terms of circulation...In addition, polar oceans are inextricably linked...warming. Antarctic Ocean The water surrounding...Central and the South Pacific Central Waters and above...through the Atlantic Ocean pathways. Arctic Intermediate...Arctic, Atlantic, and ...
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ocean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...comprise the world ocean, three&mdash...Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans—extend...adjacent oceans. The oceans are not uniformly...Continents and ocean basins tend to be...opposed by the South Pacific Ocean. Furthermore...Hemisphere, while the oceans ...
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