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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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line vortex
Earth science; Oceanography
Idealized vortex in which vorticity is zero everywhere except along a line in space where it is infinite. The strength of a line vortex is \Gamma, the circulation along any ...
indirect impacts
Earth science; Oceanography
Impacts on the environment, which are not a direct result of the development or industrial process, but are often produced away from it or as a result of a complex pathway. ...
buoyancy force
Earth science; Oceanography
In a fluid with vertical density variation, the buoyancy force is the difference between the weight of an initial infinitessimal volume of fluid with the weight of a a fluid ...
stratified fluid
Earth science; Oceanography
In a stratified fluid the effective density varies with depth. Such circumstances occur naturally, for example, due to variations in temperature in the atmosphere, and due to ...
shortwave radiation
Earth science; Oceanography
In meteorology, a term used loosely to distinguish radiation in the visible and near-visible portions of the electromagnetic spectrum (roughly 0. 4 to 1. 0 micron in wavelength) ...
occlusion
Earth science; Oceanography
In meteorology, the process of formation of an occluded front . Some persons restrict the use of this time to the usual case where the process begins at the apex of a wave ...
decay
Earth science; Oceanography
In ocean wave studies, the loss of energy from wind generated ocean waves after they have ceased to be acted on by the wind; this process is accompanied by an increase in length ...
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