Oceanography - Kaikyogaku

Japanese: 海況学 - かいきょうがく
Oceanography - Kaikyogaku

...However, many people use the terms interchangeably. Oceanography is a branch of oceanography, which has a broad meaning that includes synoptic oceanography, hydrography, and descriptive oceanography. Oceanography can be considered a branch of physical oceanography, but while physical oceanography pursues the general laws of the physical phenomena of seawater, oceanography is characterized by its use of physical methods to clarify the state of seawater from an environmental perspective.

*Some of the terms related to "oceanography" are explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただし両者を同じ意味に使う人も少なくない。 海洋学の一分野に海況学があるが,これは英語のsynoptic oceanography,hydrography,descriptive oceanographyのいずれも含むような広い意味をもっている。海況学は海洋物理学の一分科とも考えられるが,海洋物理学が海水の物理的現象の一般的法則を追究するのに対し,海況学では海水の環境的見地からその状態を物理的手法で解明する点に特徴がある。…

※「海況学」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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