Explore: Fronts (oceanography)

In oceanography, a front is a boundary between two distinct water masses. The formation of fronts depends on multiple physical processes and small differences

example: Rocky Mountain Front Wasatch Front Front (oceanography), a place where two water masses come together in the ocean Front (physics), a solution

inception in 2003, seismic oceanography has been used to image a wide variety of oceanographic phenomena, including fronts, eddies, thermohaline staircases

following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Oceanography. Oceanography (from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) 'ocean' and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing')

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (COMNAVMETOCCOM) or CNMOC, serves as the operational arm of the Naval Oceanography Program. Headquartered

move faster than warm fronts and warm occlusions. Mountains and warm bodies of water can slow the movement of fronts. When a front becomes stationary, and

Podestá, Guillermo P. (1994). "Life on the Edge: Marine Life and Fronts". Oceanography. 7 (2): 52–60. Bibcode:1994Ocgpy...7b..52O. doi:10.5670/oceanog

marine life, from plankton up to large fish and corals, while physical oceanography sees it as where the oceanic system interacts with the coast. In marine

Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory (ATOLL) was a floating oceanographic laboratory for in situ observation experiments. This facility also tested

associated with the Benguela Current. In comparison to other major oceanic fronts created by the western boundary currents, the ABF is confined to a relatively