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dc.contributor.authorMalanotte-Rizzoli, Paola
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-19T16:44:32Z
dc.date.available2023-12-19T16:44:32Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-12
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153208
dc.description.abstractOceanography, or Oceanology, is a very broad name covering all the traditional sciences (physics, chemistry, biology etc.) which can be studied in the ocean context. Hence the distinction must be made using the specific names of Physical, Chemical or Biological Oceanography. This particular review is devoted to the history of Physical Oceanography, a discipline which remained at the empirical stage until roughly the middle of last century, with a slow development of the rigorous, mathematical approach and analysis required to fully understand the processes and dynamics at all space/time scales. This review wants to introduce the uninformed reader to this relatively new science, providing a concise but hopefully comprehensive outline of the milestones of its history, from the adventurous beginnings of the past centuries, to the successive, very recent theoretical and observational advances. In this progress, the scientific “giants” who made possible these advances are also presented. Their choice constitutes not only the author’s personal opinion but that of the oceanographic community at large which recognizes their crucial impact in making physical oceanography the quantitative, exact science of today. It is the author’s privilege to have personally known most of them, not only as teachers but as mentors and friends.en_US
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishingen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-023-01210-zen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attributionen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceSpringer International Publishingen_US
dc.titleA brief history of physical oceanography with Mediterranean examplesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationMalanotte-Rizzoli, P. A brief history of physical oceanography with Mediterranean examples. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei (2023).en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2023-12-17T04:09:46Z
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