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Seismic Oceanography is an interdisciplinary research topic that uses the spatial resolution of the reflection seismology to address issues in oceanography[1]. The method is sensitive to the thermohaline structure of the oceans[2]. Where thermohaline derives from thermo- referring to temperature and -haline referring to salt content, factors which together determine the sound speed and density of sea water[3]. In particular, the results are of interest to physical oceanographers for the study of the ocean's physical attributes including temperature-salinity structure, mixing, internal waves, tides and currents[4].
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- Background, the history and underlying physics;
- Applications, mapping the thermohaline structure in the oceans, quantifying internal wave and turbulent spectra, estimating water movement ;
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- NASA/ JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) NASA/JPL PO.DAAC Data Center responsible for archiving and distributing data relevant to the physical state of the ocean.
- Ocean Science Series from the National Academy of Sciences.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) - World's largest private, non-profit ocean research, engineering and education organization.
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- British Oceanographic Data Centre - a source of oceanographic data and information
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
- Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
- NEMO: Modeling framework for Oceanography
- Timeline of Oceanography
- Ocean Motion and Surface Currents (NASA)
Category:Applied and interdisciplinary physics Category:Oceanography Category:Physical geography