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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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neap tide
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The tides produced when the gravitational pull of the Sun is in quadrature, i.e. at right angles to, with that of the Moon. These occur twice a month at about the times of the ...
lower high water interval (LHWI)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The time interval between the transit of the moon over either the local or Greenwich meridian and the next lower high water (LHW). This is generally used when the diurnal ...
lower low water interval (LLWI)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The time interval between the transit of the moon over either the local or Greenwich meridian and the next lower low water (LLW). This is generally used when the diurnal ...
trade winds
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The trade winds, or tropical easterlies, are the winds which diverge from the subtropical high-pressure belts, centered at 3-40° N and S, towards to equator, from north to east in ...
TWIST
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The Turbulence andWaves over Irregularly Sloping Topography Experiment is a WHOI program to discover what dictates the magnitude, frequency and spatial scales of internal waves in ...
Land-Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The U.K. contribution to LOICZ. The project aims to quantify and simulate the fluxes and transformations of materials, e.g. sediments, nutrients, contaminants, into and out of the ...
International Year of the Ocean (IYO)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The United Nations declared 1998 to be the International Year of the Ocean with the overall objective being to focus and reinforce the attention of the public, governments and ...
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