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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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etesian
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A Greek term for winds that blow at times in summer (May to September) from a direction ranging from northeast to northwest in the eastern Mediterranean. In Turkey these winds are ...
surface scattering layer
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A group of marine organisms in the surface layers of the ocean which scatters sound. The layer may extend from the surface to depths as great as 600 feet, and several layers or ...
Kuroshio Water Mass
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A group of water masses produced by modified Pacific water in the Kuroshio area in the eastern East China Sea. The four water masses comprising this are, from top to bottom: ...
scatterometer
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A high-frequency radar instrument that transmits pulses of energy towards the ocean and measures the backscatter from the ocean surface. It detects wind speed and direction over ...
leveche
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A hot, dry, southernly wind which blows on the southeast coast of Spain in front of an advancing depression. It frequently carries much dust and sand, with its approach being ...
Multiple Current Hypothesis
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A hypothesis advanced by Fuglister (1951) that the Gulf Stream system is irregular, varying and discontinuous east of the Grand Banks. The dearth of observations available in 1951 ...
polar halocline catastrophe
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A hypothesized and modeled situation where the presently dominant mode of thermohaline circulation is unstable and evolves to a much weaker overturning circulation pattern.
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