A brief history of physical oceanography with Mediterranean examples

IF 2.1 4区 综合性期刊 Q2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli
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Oceanography, 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.

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附地中海实例的物理海洋学简史
海洋学(或称海洋学)是一个非常宽泛的名称,涵盖了所有可以在海洋背景下研究的传统科学(物理、化学、生物等)。因此,必须使用物理海洋学、化学海洋学或生物海洋学等具体名称进行区分。这篇综述专门介绍物理海洋学的历史,这门学科大约在上世纪中叶之前一直停留在经验阶段,为充分了解所有时空尺度的过程和动力学所需的严格数学方法和分析发展缓慢。这篇评论希望向不了解情况的读者介绍这门相对较新的科学,简明但希望全面地概述其历史上的里程碑,从过去几个世纪的冒险起步,到最近理论和观测方面的连续进展。在这一进程中,还介绍了促成这些进步的科学 "巨人"。对他们的选择不仅是作者个人的意见,也是整个海洋学界的意见,因为海洋学界认识到他们在使物理海洋学成为当今定量、精确科学方面的重要影响。作者有幸亲自认识他们中的大多数人,不仅是他们的老师,也是他们的良师益友。
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Rendiconti Lincei-Scienze Fisiche E Naturali
Rendiconti Lincei-Scienze Fisiche E Naturali MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES-
CiteScore
4.10
自引率
10.00%
发文量
70
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Rendiconti is the interdisciplinary scientific journal of the Accademia dei Lincei, the Italian National Academy, situated in Rome, which publishes original articles in the fi elds of geosciences, envi ronmental sciences, and biological and biomedi cal sciences. Particular interest is accorded to papers dealing with modern trends in the natural sciences, with interdisciplinary relationships and with the roots and historical development of these disciplines.
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