The scientists whose primary documented field is the physical, chemical or biological study of the ocean: Matthew Fontaine Maury, Henry Stommel, Walter Munk, Jacques Cousteau, Sylvia Earle, Robert Ballard and Marie Tharp among them. Belongs here: a scientist whose primary contribution is ocean circulation, seafloor mapping or exploration, or marine geophysics where oceanography is the documented primary identity, such as Bruce Heezen and Maurice Ewing, both Lamont-Doherty founders known first as oceanographers despite a Geologist or Geophysicist co-label. Does not belong here: a scientist whose primary field is atmospheric or climate science even where their work also touches the ocean, held under Meteorologist or Climatologist instead.
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Field of Studyalso known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. 1 All Oceanographer
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also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.
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