Sentences with phrase «defined water mass»
The final defined water mass in the Arctic Ocean is called Arctic Surface Water and is found from 150 — 200 metres (490 — 660 feet).
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GA maps the land masses below the ocean's surface through basic geological work and seismic and bathymetric analysis (measuring water depth at various places in a body of water) to better define and legally extend Australia's continental shelf for a submission to the United Nations under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
These density changes give rise to specific water masses, which have well - defined temperature and salinity characteristics, and which can be traced for long distances in the ocean.
To define the proteomic response of the soybean root hair cell to variations in temperature and water availability, the researchers will use mass spectrometers housed at EMSL, a DOE scientific user facility located at PNNL.
In physics, momentum is defined as mass (such as ocean water) in motion.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)-- characterized by warm surface waters flowing northward and cold deep waters flowing southward throughout the Atlantic basin — is defined as the zonal integral of the northward mass flux at a particular latitude.
Boundaries between water masses define major thermohaline fronts, which are generally synonymous with ocean currents.