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| A sinuous ridge rising from the deep-sea floor |
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| Major cyclonic surface current systems in the oceans |
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| The amount of heat per unit mass required to raise the temperature by one degree Celsius |
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| Movement of surface water at an angle from the wind, as a result of the Coriolis effect |
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| Heat of Vaporization (water) |
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| The amount of heat required to convert a unit mass of water at its boiling point into vapor without an increase in temperature |
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| Oceanic Boundary Currents |
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| Well defined currents with strong thermal boundaries between the current and the surrounding oceanic water; caused by winds combined with the earth's rotation and result in large-scale transport of surface water from the tropics to higher latitudes |
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| Depth zone within which temperature changes maximally |
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| The movement of nutrient-rich water from a specified depth to the surface, usually driven by surface winds |
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| Number of kilograms of dissolved salkts in 1 kg of seawater, measured in parts per thousands; stands alongside another definition based upon water standards whose electricle conductivities are measured |
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| Grams of seawater in one cubic centimeter of fluid |
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| Principle of Constant Proportions |
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| The ratio of major salts in samples of seawater is constant globally |
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| Depth zone witin which seawater density changes |
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| The time a unit of a substance spends in a specified location in the environment; ie the residence time of sodium in the Antarctic bottom water |
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| A current moving parallel to a shoreline |
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| Practical Salinity Unit (PSU) |
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| A measure of the salt content of seawater (practical salinity), based upon electrical conductivity of a sample relative to a reference standard of seawater at one atm pressure and 15 degree C temperature; the reference in a set of diluted seawater samples from the N. Atlantic of known salt content. |
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| A concentrated rapid current moving offshore from a beach fronting a longshore current |
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| A depth zone, usually below the thermocline, in which dissolved oxygen is minimal |
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| Periodic movemtn of water resulting from gravitational attraction between the earth, sun and moon |
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| The deflection of air or water bodies, relative to the solid earth beneath, as a result of the earth's eastward rotation |
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| Persistent winds at low latitudes in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, blowing toward the west and the equator |
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