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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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North Korea Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A current that flows along the western coast in the Japan Sea. It is the southward continuation of part of the Liman Current and ultimately turns east and then northward (at ...
rip feeder current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A current that flows parallel to the shore before converging and forming the neck of a rip current.
North Brazil Undercurrent (NBUC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A current underlying the North Brazil Current (NBC) off the northeast coast of Brazil. The NBUC shows a subsurface core at about 200 m with velocities of up to 90 cm/s, resulting ...
Mindanao Eddy
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A cyclonic circulation gyre or eddy sometimes found to the east of Mindanao centered at about 8° N and 135° E. The southward flowing section near the coast is part of the Mindanao ...
Knudsen, Martin
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A Danish physicist who worked on a set of tables for the determination of chlorinity, salinity, temperature, and density from in situ measurements. He suggested at the ICES ...
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A data and information resource for snow and ice processes, especially for interactions among snow, ice, atmosphere and ocean. This is one of the DAACs.
Upper Ocean Thermal Center (UOTC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A data center charged with the collection, dissemination, and use of volunteer observing ship (VOS) XBT data for the Atlantic Ocean to satisfy WOCE objectives in the upper part of ...
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