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 Background on currents Background on currents
 Global and regional currents Global and regional currents
 Mechanisms Mechanisms
 Sea Level Monitoring Sea Level Monitoring
 Tides Tides
 Waves Waves
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 Energy Energy
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 Added: 01-Jan-2000
 Updated: 16-Nov-2010
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Ocean Dynamics
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Waves rise as mountains

And rise to the heavens,

And with horror drops glances

Into instantly dug abysses

A disturbing force like passion,

Does not know of a centre point,

Now to the sky, now into the precipice throws

A boat without an oar or rudder. A.K. Tolstoy

 
Man Fights the Ocean
 
In the centuries-old chronicle of navigation, it is possible to find a great deal of evidence of the struggle of Man against the terrible chaos of the Ocean in literature, paintings and sculpture. These are the impassioned lines of telegraph messages and gripping descriptions of storms and hurricanes, epic paintings by artists and stone monuments to seamen who have perished in the Ocean. Humans have fought back against violent Ocean chaos by strengthening vessels, finding better and more reliable means of navigation and communication and increasing the power of engines.

Text and images are from Man and the Ocean, a CD-ROM produced by the Russian Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO).

 
 
 
 
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Programs of NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Programs of NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory 
NOis the Primary U.S. source of Tidal Information NOAA's Role in Tides and Currents NOis the Primary U.S. source of Tidal Information 
NOAA/NOS Publication List NOAA/NOS Publication List NOAA/NOS Publication List 
Maps of the N Pacific Ocean North Pacific Ocean Maps Maps of the N Pacific Ocean 
A web-baesd reference site for ocean/coastal currents and phenomena Ocean Surface Currents A web-baesd reference site for ocean/coastal currents and phenomena 
Ocean climate data Online Climate Data Products Ocean climate data 
Real time data from the Tropical Pacific Ocean Realtime El Nino Data Real time data from the Tropical Pacific Ocean 
Pacific Marine Laboratory Visualizations Homepage Visualizations and Virtual Reality of Oceanographic Data Pacific Marine Laboratory Visualizations Homepage 
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