Observational Oceanography

This is an introduction to observational oceaongraphy.

Instrumentation: Tide gauges, ships, bottles, drifters, bottles, floats, gliders, etc.

Hydrographic sections: The interior of the ocean simply a reflection of surface properties - ocean ventilation.

Mode waters are called mode waters because they are the mode of a volumetric census.

T-S properties.

Modern Observations: Satellites, process studies. Argo floats.