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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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Multifrequency Imaging Microwave Radiometer (MIMR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A passive microwave radiometer successor to the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) that provides greater frequency diversity, improved spatial resolution, increased swatch ...
Little Climatic Optimum
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A period of time lasting from AD 750 to 1200 when the climate of Europe and North America was clement, even as far north as Greenland and Iceland.
monsoon
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A periodic wind caused by the effects of differential heating, with the largest and most notorious being the Indian monsoon found in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. The word ...
North Equatorial Undercurrent (NEUC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A permanent eastward flowing feature of the equatorial Atlantic circulation whose core is located near 200 m depth a few degrees north of the Equator. A satisfactory dynamical ...
Continental Slope Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A persistent poleward flow over the continental slope region off northwestern Europe. It is thought to originate as far south as the Armorican Slope region off the west coast of ...
thermobaricity
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A phenomena related to the pressure dependence of the thermal expansion coefficient for the density of seawater. The dependence of the compressibility of seawater on both ...
coral bleaching
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A phenomena wherein coral reefs bleach as a result of high temperatures or other environmental stresses, e.g. pollution episodes. Observations indicate that since 1979 bleaching ...
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