World Ocean that covers and encircles most of Earth. If viewed from the southern pole of Earth, the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans can be seen as lobes extending northward from the Southern Ocean. Farther north, the Atlantic opens into the Arctic Ocean, which is connected to the Pacific by the Bering Strait, forming a continuous expanse of water. Plate tectonics, post-glacial rebound, and sea level rise continually change the coastline and structure of the world ocean. World Ocean The World Ocean or Global Ocean (colloquially the sea or the ocean) is the interconnected system of Earth's oceanic waters, and comprises the
World Ocean Circulation Experiment follows. Major elements of the WOCE Field Program This list, though not comprehensive, outlines a sampling of the most highly cited articles and books resulting from the WOCE. A. Ganachaud & C. Wunsch Eds. Gerold Siedler, John Gould & John Church D. Stammer, C. Wunsch, R. Giering, C. Eckert, P. Heimbach, J. Marotzke, A. Adcroft, C. N. Hill, J. Marshall A. Ganachaud A. Ganachaud, Carl Wunsch S. E. Wijffels, J. M. Toole, R. Davis World Ocean Circulation Experiment The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was a component of the international World Climate Research Program, and aimed to establish the role