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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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coastal wetland
Earth science; Oceanography
Habitat found along a coastline and is covered with ocean salt water for all or part of the year. Examples of this type of habitat include tidal marshes, bays, lagoons, tidal ...
sensible heat
Earth science; Oceanography
Heat energy that can be felt or measured directly with a thermometer.
Bermuda High
Earth science; Oceanography
High pressure system that develops over the western subtropical North Atlantic. Also called Azores High.
bottomset bed
Earth science; Oceanography
Horizontal deltaic deposit of alluvial sediment composed of fine silt and clay.
Rossby deformation radius
Earth science; Oceanography
Horizontal length scale of a rotating system measuring the distance over which the gravitational tendency to render a free surface flat is balanced by a tendency of the Coriolis ...
sea ice
Earth science; Oceanography
Ice formed by the freezing of seawater, as distinguished from glacier ice or other land ice. Generally, any ice floating in the sea.
point vortex
Earth science; Oceanography
Idealized vortex in two dimensions with zero vorticity everywhere except at a point where it is infinite. Specifically, a point vortex of strength \Gamma has vorticity \omega ...
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