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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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salt fountain
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A hypothesized perpetual fountain where a long, narrow heat-conducting pipe inserted vertically through a region of ocean where warm, salty water overlies colder, fresher (and ...
fully developed sea
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A hypothesized situation in wave prediction methods in which storm duration and fetch are both long enough such that energy is being dissipated internally and radiated away at the ...
slow manifold
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A hypothetical N-dimensional manifold (i.e. surface) embedded in the 3N-dimensional phase space of a primitive equation model that is devoid of gravity waves. This has been called ...
geoid
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A hypothetical, global, and continuous sea-level surface perpendicular to the direction of gravity at all points.
Western North Pacific Experiment (WENPEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A Japanese programtaking place on the Hakuho Maru from Jan. 11–Feb. 5, 1991.
Ocean Mixed Layer ExperimenT (OMLET)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A Japanese research program taking place on the vessel Hakuho Maru from Jan. 11–Feb. 5, 1991.
Malvinas Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A jet-like northward looping extension of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current located in the southwest Atlantic Ocean. The cold waters of this current form an intense front with the ...
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