ocean temperature

collocation in English

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ocean
noun
uk
/ˈəʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈoʊ.ʃən/
a very large area ...
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temperature
noun
uk
/ˈtem.prə.tʃər/us
/ˈtem.pɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
the measured amount of heat in a place or in ...
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(Definition ofoceanandtemperaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Hurricanes are fueled by the highoceantemperature.
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The height variations of ocean surface topography can be as much as two meters and are influenced by ocean circulation,oceantemperature, and salinity.
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Initially the instrumental temperature record only documented land and sea "surface" temperature, but in recent decades instruments have also begun recording sub-surfaceoceantemperature.
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Oceantemperatureand motion fields can be separated into three distinct layers: mixed (surface) layer, upper ocean (above the thermocline), and deep ocean.
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Oceantemperaturevaries with depth, but at between 90 and 300 feet there is often a marked change -- the "thermocline", also simply called the layer.
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Animated images of atmospheric storms, climate change, andoceantemperaturecan be shown on the sphere to explain these complex environmental processes.
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He likened these changes in range of more southerly phytoplankton to climatic shifts inoceantemperature.
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Elkhorn coral absorbs much carbon dioxide from the ocean every year, preventing ocean acidification andoceantemperatureincreases.
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When corals bleach it is because the coral loses 60-90% of their zooxanthellae due to various stressors,oceantemperaturebeing one of them.
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Even during the warmest summer months, theoceantemperatureis barely above.
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This has autonomous sensors to measureoceantemperature, salinity, chlorophyll fluorescence, carbon dioxide and nitrate.
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Therefore, ocean circulation,oceantemperature, and the temperature of the earth are all attributing to the movement of the tropical rain belt.
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Reducing these stressors mitigates the effects of increasedoceantemperatureassociated with climate change.
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They are equipped with sensors that measureoceantemperatureand currents.
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Basically, the thermohaline circulation refers to the circulation resulting from differences inoceantemperatureand salinity.
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By this time the eyewall had closed, forming a distinct eye, and in an environment of low wind shear and increasingoceantemperaturethe hurricane began to intensify rapidly.
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Research activities focused on physical oceanography as it related to the transmission of sound underwater, includingoceantemperature, salinity, currents, tides, surface noise and biological sound sources.
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Already our sea levels are rising as ocean temperatures increase and the waters expand.
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Already, our sea levels are rising as ocean temperatures increase and the waters expand.
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Finally, possible food loss due to rising ocean temperatures may be affecting this species.
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