Earth science

Earth science

Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.

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comber

Earth science; Oceanography

A large ocean wave with high, breaking crest.

mesopause

Earth science; Oceanography

1. The upper limit and the coldest portion of the mesosphere. The transition zone between the mesosphere and the thermosphere. 2. The top of the mesosphere around an altitude ...

schmidt number

Earth science; Oceanography

A dimensionless number relating the ratio of inertial to molecular diffusive forces. Explicitly, Sc = UL/\kappa_D in which U and L are characteristic velocity and length ...

friction

Earth science; Oceanography

A force that opposes the relative motion of two material surfaces that are in contact with one another; the direction of the force on each body is opposite to the direction of its ...

internal gravity wave

Earth science; Oceanography

A wave that propagates in density stratified fluid under the influence of buoyancy forces. Internal gravity waves are also called internal waves and gravity waves. The ...

gravity current

Earth science; Oceanography

A flow driven by horizontal pressure gradients, due typically to the flow of a fluid of one density intruding into an ambient fluid of different density. In non-rotating fluid, ...