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AQUATIC SCIENCES (19) Parameter Definition
fisheries...
OCEAN OPTICS (198) Parameter Definition
photosynthetically active radiation, fluorescence, attenuation/transmission, optical depth, ocean color...
BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY (439) Parameter Definition
water depth, seafloor topography, bathymetry, continental margins, ocean plateaus/ridges...
OCEAN PRESSURE (47) Parameter Definition
water pressure, sea level pressure...
COASTAL PROCESSES (55) Parameter Definition
tidal height, shorelines, beaches, sea surface height, sedimentation...
OCEAN TEMPERATURE (368) Parameter Definition
sea surface temperature, water temperature, potential temperature, ocean mixed layer, thermocline...
MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING (31) Parameter Definition
marine obstructions...
OCEAN WAVES (17) Parameter Definition
wave height, wave speed/direction, wave period, significant wave height, wind waves...
MARINE GEOPHYSICS (206) Parameter Definition
marine gravity field, marine magnetics, plate tectonics, magnetic anomalies...
OCEAN WINDS (48) Parameter Definition
surface winds, wind stress, turbulence, convergence/divergence, wind shear...
MARINE SEDIMENTS (285) Parameter Definition
sedimentation, sediment composition, stratigraphic sequence, sediment chemistry, sedimentary textures...
SALINITY/DENSITY (272) Parameter Definition
salinity, conductivity, density, potential density, halocline...
MARINE VOLCANISM (156) Parameter Definition
hydrothermal vents, mid-ocean ridges, benthic heat flow, rift valleys...
SEA ICE (155) Parameter Definition
sea ice concentration, ice extent, sea ice motion, ice depth/thickness, pack ice...
OCEAN ACOUSTICS (184) Parameter Definition
acoustic scattering, acoustic velocity, acoustic reflectivity, acoustic attenuation/transmission, acoustic frequency...
SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY (33) Parameter Definition
sea surface height, sea surface slope...
OCEAN CHEMISTRY (405) Parameter Definition
pigments, oxygen, nutrients, nitrate, phosphate...
TIDES (58) Parameter Definition
tidal height, tidal currents, tidal components, tidal range...
OCEAN CIRCULATION (154) Parameter Definition
ocean currents, wind-driven circulation, buoy position, upwelling/downwelling, fronts...
WATER QUALITY (18) Parameter Definition
ocean contaminants...
OCEAN HEAT BUDGET (16) Parameter Definition
heat flux, evaporation, longwave radiation, shortwave radiation, heating rate...
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