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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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Joint Air–Sea Monsoon INteraction Experiment (JASMINE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A cruise taking place in the east Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal between April 7 and June 8, 1999. The goal of JASMINE was to observe the atmosphere and ocean environment ...
North Icelandic Irminger Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A current containing the westernmost of Atlantic water inflow to the Nordic Seas, flowing northwards through the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland, and then turning ...
Tsugaru Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A current flowing east from the Japan Sea through the strait between mainland Japan and Hokkaido and on into the Pacific Ocean. This is also known as the Tsugaru Warm Current. The ...
West Spitsbergen Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A current flowing offshore of West Spitsbergen Island in the eastern part of Fram Strait. This current carries comparatively warm water from the Atlantic into the Arctic Ocean.
Geochemical Ocean Sections Study (GEOSECS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A global survey of the three-dimensional distribution of chemical, isotopic and radiochemical tracers in the ocean. It was designed to establish a baseline database for assessing ...
Low Density XBT Network
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A GOOS project to determine the monthly to interannual variability in the large–scale upper ocean heat constant via the operational deployment of XBT instruments from volunteer ...
T-S diagram
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A graph showing the relationship between temperature and salinity as observed together at, for example, various depths in a water column. A T-S diagram for a given station is ...
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