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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Rayleigh-Jeans law

Earth science; Oceanography

A relation bet ween the differential intensity (dE) of blackbody radiation within a narrow range of wavelengths; it is equal to 2ckT-4d, where c is the speed of light, k is the ...

Kuroshio system

Earth science; Oceanography

A system of ocean currents including the Kuroshio , Kuroshio extension , North Pacific current , and the lesser Tsushima current and Kuroshio countercurrent .

Ekman spiral

Earth science; Oceanography

A theoretical representation that a wind blowing steadily over an ocean of unlimited depth and extent and uniform viscosity would cause, in the Northern Hemisphere, the immediate ...

Rotary current

Earth science; Oceanography

A tidal current that changes direction progressively through 360 degreesduring a tidal cycle.

Tsushima current

Earth science; Oceanography

A warm, northward-flowing ocean current following the western coast of Japan. The Tsushima current branches off on the left-hand side of the Kuroshio flowing north into the Japan ...

Gulf Stream

Earth science; Oceanography

A warm, well-defined, swift, relatively narrow, ocean current which originates where the Florida current and the Antilles current begin to curve eastward from the continental ...