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Oceanography Notes

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Alvin research submersible to explore the deep ocean. going down to a depth of 4000 meters.
AUV Autonomous underwater vehicle.
Bathysphere a heavy steel ball. was suspended from a ship and lowered to a then record depth of 923 meters.
columbus went on a series of famous voyages. explored across the atlantic ocean.Believed he found india but didn't. Found Bahman islands instead.
cook james cook, undertook, three voyages of scientific discovery. looked for antarctica.
Eratosthenes used the geometric relationships to determine earth's circumference.
Erikson, Leif Lief Erikson spent the winter in North America. Named it Vinland.
Forbes, Edward conducted oceanographic shipboard experiments to study the vertical distribution of life in the ocean. observed marine algae.
GPS Global Positioning system initiated by the United States Department of defense.
HMS Challenger Expedition British ship. 1872 expedition of studying the ocean for scientific purposes.
Latitude easy to determine at seas by measuring the position of the sun and stars using a device called a sextant.
Longitude function of time, it is necessary to know the difference between a reference meridian and when the sun was directly overhead of a ship at sea.
Magellan, Ferdinand Landed and explored the Philippines. Sailed down the eastern coast of south america.
Maury, Matthew the father of oceanography.
Ptolemy, Claudius produced a map of the world in about 150 A.D.
Pytheas sailed northward to iceland in 325 B.C. using a simple yet elegant method for determining latitude one position north or south in northern hemisphere.
ROV Remotely operated vehicle.
Scripps Institute of Oceanography located in La Jolla, California. 1912
SCUBA self contained underwater breathing appartus. used by millions of divers today.
Sonar sound navigation and ranging. to make depth surveys of the ocean floor.
Submersibles that can transport surface conditions to the intense pressure at depth.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute located in Woods hole, Massachusetts. 1930
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