538 



202 



INDEX 



Time scale studies, 54, 65-67, 73, 



77, 79, 84, 89-92 

 Time-series measurements, 61, 63, 



93, 106 

 Tomography, 78, 93 

 Trace elements, 64, 66, 71-72, 74, 



75-76 

 Tracer studies, 57, 58, 63, 66, 67, 



76-77 

 Transoceanic hydrographic 



sections, 60 

 Transport processes, 43, 45, 48, 



53, 58, 60, 66 

 see also Fluxes; Particle 



dynamics and transport 



U 



University-National 



Oceanographic Laboratory 



System (UNOLS), 26, 39, 45, 



141, 143-146, 149 

 University research, see Academic 



research 

 Upwelling, 15, 59, 110 



mantle processes, 82-83 

 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 



44-46, 146 



Ventilation, 60 

 Volcanoes, 67, 72, 79, 81 

 see also Hydrothermal processes 



and vents 

 Volunteer observing ships (VOS), 



61-62 



W 



Waste disposal, 15, 17, 37, 96-97 

 Water mass formation, 53, 58-59, 



63 

 Wetlands, 45 

 Winds, 42, 54, 62, 66, 68, 101, 



110, 116-117 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic 



Institution (WHOI), 34, 134, 



140, 149 

 World Ocean Circulation 



Experiment (WOCE), 60-61, 



136-137, 154 

 World War II, 18-19, 140 



Zooplankton, 98 



