What is oceanography?
wow ok fine I will cut and paste.Oceanography is the study of the deep sea and shallow coastal oceans: biology, chemistry, geology and physics together make oceanography a richly interdisciplinary science. Although they contain most of the Earth's water and carbon and surface heat, and much of its biomass, the oceans do not operate alone. Together with the atmosphere, continents and ice-cover (the cryosphere), they form a working machine, driven mostly by energy from the sun. Lesser amounts of energy derive from tides raised by the moon and sun and planets, and heat from the Earth’s interior. 1st page i searched.took 10sec of my life which i will never get back.learn to use the internet its a great tool if you use it.
What do you know about oceanography?
oceanography, study of the seas and oceans. The major divisions of oceanography include the geological study of the ocean floor (see plate tectonics) and features; physical oceanography, which is concerned with the physical attributes of the ocean water, such as currents and temperature; chemical oceanography, which focuses on the chemistry of ocean waters; marine biology, the study of the oceanic flora and fauna; and, in meteorology, the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean. Oceanography as a comprehensive study dates from the Challenger expedition (1872–76), directed by the naturalists C. W. Thomson, a Scot, and John Murray, a Canadian. The term oceanography became current through reports of the expedition edited by Murray, who later became a leader in the study of ocean sediment. The success of the Challenger expedition and the importance of ocean knowledge to shipping, fisheries, the laying of telegraph cables, and climatological studies led many nations to send out expeditions. Universities and private individuals, as well as governments, have established institutions for the study of the ocean; there exist today about 250 such institutions. One of the earliest was the marine biological station at Naples (founded 1872), which stimulated the founding of many other seaside stations, some of which, e.g., the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla, Calif., have enlarged their activities to include all fields of oceanographic research. Other notable institutions in the field include the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco (1910); the biological station of the Univ. of Oslo; the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution at Woods Hole, Mass. (1930); and the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia Univ (1949).
What is Oceanography? What are topics it cover?
Oceanography, also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean. It covers a wide range of topics, including marine organisms and ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries. These diverse topics reflect multiple disciplines that oceanographers blend to further knowledge of the world ocean and understanding of processes within it: biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology, and physics. The study of oceanography is divided into a number of branches: Biological oceanography, or marine biology, is the study of the plants, animals and microbes (biota) of the oceans and their ecological interaction; Chemical oceanography, or marine chemistry, is the study of the chemistry of the ocean and its chemical interaction with the atmosphere; Geological oceanography, or marine geology, is the study of the geology of the ocean floor including plate tectonics; Physical oceanography, or marine physics, studies the ocean's physical attributes including temperature-salinity structure, mixing, waves, internal waves, tides and currents. Of particular interest is the behaviour of sound (acoustical oceanography), light (optical oceanography) and radio waves in the ocean. These branches reflect the fact that many oceanographers are first trained in the exact sciences or mathematics and then focus on applying their interdisciplinary knowledge, skills and abilities to oceanography. Oceanology is used in Ocean engineering, involved in the design and building of oil platforms, ships, harbors, and other structures that allow us to use the ocean safely. Oceanographic data management is the discipline ensuring that oceanographic data both past and present are available to researchers.
What are the applications of oceanography?
Applications of Physical oceanographer are: The sea surface temperature maps will tell prospective fishing areas, where certain plankton will be found depending upon its tolerance range, can tell which parts of an island has shallow water from deep water at high tides, can tell the various types of island’s land forms, bathymetry will give an idea of various depths at different places, can calculate high & low tide height & time for any coastal place which is not given in tide tables, can tell thickness of thermocline & its movement etc.Chemical oceanography: can find out concentration of any constituent chemical if concentration of any one is known, can find out presence of heavy metals in sea & its dependent organisms etc.Biological oceanography: can exactly predict sporulation of marine weeds, can tell the type of settlements on stationary submerged test panels, can tell corelation between breeding of various marine forms depending upon various physical factors. Can tell prospective availability of benthic fishery depending upon type of mixing of currents etc.
What are some good books on oceanography?
Adding a few more:If you are looking for a broad overview of general oceanography (meaning its physical, chemical, biological and geological branches) at the undergraduate level, “Essentials of Oceanography”[1] by Trujillo & Thurman should be helpful.For biological oceanography and chemical oceanography, I would start, respectively, with “Biological Oceanography”[2] by Miller, and “Chemical Oceanography”[3] by Millero.For a more specific overview of physical oceanography, a good starting point would be “Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction”[4] by Talley et al. It describes the circulation (ocean currents) and the distribution of water properties (like temperature, salinity, density, dissolved oxygen and nutrients) of the world ocean by basin (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, Arctic and Nordic Seas).Another good resource in physical oceanography is the online book “Introduction to physical oceanography”[5] by Stewart. Some of its material overlaps with DPO’s, but it covers more details on the dynamical aspects in each chapter.I hope this is helpful.Footnotes[1] https://www.pearson.com/us/highe...[2] Biological Oceanography[3] Chemical Oceanography, Fourth Edition[4] Descriptive Physical Oceanography[5] Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Could I go into oceanography if I major in biochemistry?
Yes. It sounds like you might be well suited for Chemical Oceanography.(Besides, it's not inconceivable to change fields within the hard sciences. For example, I'm in grad school with a master's student in Mechanical Engineering program who got his undergrad in Kinesiology.)
What qualification do I need to become a chemical oceanographer?
For that one needs to study Oceanography from an Institute with a PhD & should have 3 years of experience in research project/ teaching.