Ozeanographischen

Ozeanographischen is the inflected form of the German adjective ozeanografisch, meaning related to oceanography—the science that studies the oceans. The corresponding noun is Ozeanografie (oceanography). The term is used to describe data, methods, expeditions, and phenomena in the field of oceanography, for example ozeanografische Daten (oceanographic data) or ozeanografische Messungen (oceanographic measurements). The base form ozeanografisch is standard in contemporary usage; older or variant spellings such as ozeanographisch may appear in historical texts but are less common.

Etymology and usage: Ozeanografie is formed from Ozean (ocean) and -ografie, a suffix common in scientific terminology meaning the description, study, or measurement of a subject. The adjective ozeanografisch describes things pertaining to or used in oceanography. In practice, the inflected form ozeanographischen is encountered before plural nouns or in certain grammatical cases, as in ozeanographischen Daten or in phrases like in ozeanographischen Studien.

Scope: Oceanography is an interdisciplinary field that combines physical, chemical, biological, and geological sciences to understand the oceans and their interactions with climate, atmosphere, and life. Ozeanographische research covers currents and waves, temperature and salinity, chemical constituents, marine ecosystems, and seafloor processes. Data and results are communicated through terms such as ozeanografische Karten (oceanographic maps), ozeanografische Messungen (oceanographic measurements), and descriptions of ozeanographischen Expeditionen (oceanographic expeditions).

See also: Ozeanografie; Meereskunde.