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oceanography
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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oceanography is the scientific study of the oceans. It is multidisciplinary, involving four major disciplines,
geological,
physical,
chemical, and
biological oceanography. Although each of these disciplines has its own technologies and addresses very different questions, results from one are often highly relevant to others. The overall intellectual challenge is how to integrate all aspects into an overarching (holistic) understanding of how the oceans work. Oceanography is also a component of global studies: what happens in the oceans is affected by and affects what happens in terrestrial and atmospheric systems, particularly through its influence on
climate change. See also
marine biology.
www.esdim.noaa.gov/ocean_page.html
M. V. Angel
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NEW NAVY OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER ESTABLISHED AT STENNIS SPACE CENTER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/23/2006; 580 words
; ...Cathy WillisNaval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Public Affairs The Navy established the Naval Oceanography Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW...revitalization of the Navy's operational oceanography program. The center reports to the...
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OCEANOGRAPHY TEAM HAS BECOME NAVY'S MINE WARFARE UUV EXPERT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...George LammonsNaval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Public Affairs The future of...placed in the hands of the new Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center (NOMWC), in...Robert Witzleb, deputy director of Oceanography Operations for Mine Warfare with the...
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NEW NAVY OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER ESTABLISHED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/29/2007; 572 words
; ...George LammonsNaval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Public Affairs The Navy established the Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center (NOMWC), Oct...the executive officer of the Naval Oceanography Operations Command before he was...
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Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
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Ride of a lifetime ; Biological or geological oceanography, marine instrumentation or ocean engineering take your pick from an exciting array of specialisations in the broad field of ocean sciences that emerges as the next big wave as we turn to the ocean to resolve our energy crises.
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Texas A&M oceanography department celebrates 50th anniversary
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/1/1999; ; 405 words
; ...United States to offer a degree in oceanography, and Friday the department celebrates...Bryant, head of the Department of Oceanography, said a dinner Friday and a symposium...including the director of the National Oceanography and Atmospheric Agency, four speakers...
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OCEANOGRAPHY COMMANDER REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO METEOROLOGY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/30/2008; 669 words
; ...George LammonsNaval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Public Affairs Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC), told the members...order to direct more resources to oceanography. Earlier this month, the command...
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Seapower/oceanography
Magazine article from: Sea Power; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...considered the father of naval oceanography. All of the information he collected...categories that make up today's Navy oceanography program-Astrometry, Precise...Time Interval, Meteorology, Oceanography, and Geospatial Information...
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Seapower/Oceanography
Magazine article from: Sea Power; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...principal missions of the Navy's oceanography program. Natural physical forces cannot...Both disciplines-astronomy and oceanography-now fall once again under the purview...Cerra Tololo, Chile. The Navy's oceanography program now employs more than 3,000...
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KJERFVE HONORED BY BRAZILIAN OCEANOGRAPHY SOCIETY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/10/2008; 546 words
; ...Oceanografia (Brazilian Association for Oceanography) held in Fortaleza, Brazil. Kjerfve...for his 25-year involvement with oceanography in Brazil. He was cited for being...who has supervised numerous Brazilian oceanography students and performed studies to develop...
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Oceanography, Physical
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
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Oceanography
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
OCEANOGRAPHY OCEANOGRAPHY. Although oceanography is a twentieth-century scientific discipline forged from European roots, several American developments in the nineteenth century contributed to its modern formation. First, federal interests...
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oceanography
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Careers in Oceanography
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Careers in Oceanography Balancing on the deck of a research...area of research in the field of oceanography. Oceanographers apply the basic...sea, and in coastal environments. Oceanography is a relatively new science. Research...
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Oceanography, Chemical
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography is the scientific discipline that studies Earth's oceans. Chemical oceanography is concerned with the study of the dissolved elements in sea water and the ocean's numerous chemical and biochemical cycles...
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