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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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SURATLANT
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A French project to make systematic hydrographic observations in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Observations are made with the merchant ships Godafoss (between Iceland and the ...
ETAMBOT
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A French research program that took place from 1993 until April–May 1996. It was a program in the western Equatorial Atlantic Ocean wherein hydrographic cruises with tracers were ...
harmonic
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A frequency that is a simple multiple of a fundamental frequency. A second harmonic, for example, would have twice the frequency of the fundamental.
random variable
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A function (or mapping) from the sample space of possible outcomes of a random experiment to the real line, the complex plane, or some other such mappable entity. Basically, it’s ...
Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A GAIM project to compare the results of global 3-D ocean models being used to study the ocean’s carbon cycle.
Princess Elizabeth Trough
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A gap in the topography between the Kerguelan Plateau and the Antarctic continent, with a sill depth of 3750 m. It provides a route for the exchange of Antarctic Bottom Water ...
dimethylsulphide (DMS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A gas emitted by phytoplankton in seawater where it escapes to the air and and reacts to form aerosols and presumably has a non-negligible climate effect. DMS often has a maximum ...
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