Chapter 1 Oceans

30 Setembro 2022, 13:30 • Paulo Brás de Oliveira

The topography of the ocean floor: - continental shelf, hypsographic curve.

The oceans as a physical system: - forcing actions, spatial and temporal scales.

Ocean observation methods.

Sea water composition. Practical salinity (PSS-78) and absolute salinity (TEOS-10).

Thermodynamic, acoustic and optical properties of seawater.