Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Physical oceanography is the study of the physical processes affecting and being driven by the Earth's oceans, including: ocean currents, including: wind-driven surface currents [see Upwelling] geostrophic currents [see Coriolis effect] thermohaline circulation [see Thermohaline circulation, Global conveyor belt] water masses [see Water mass, North Atlantic Deep Water] tides [see Tide, Tidal resonance, Tidal locking] stability of the water column [see Density (sea water)] mixing and turbulence [see fluid dynamics] This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.