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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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tropical SST paradox
Earth science; Physical oceanography
This refers to an apparent contradiction between tropical SSTs as inferred from various proxy data and as calculated by the present generation of computer models for past warm ...
instrumental data
Earth science; Physical oceanography
This refers to data, e.g. temperatures, rainfall amounts, atmospheric pressure, etc., that have been gathered via direct measurement as opposed to proxy data. Most of these ...
spectral signature
Earth science; Physical oceanography
This refers to the particular form or shape evinced by the power spectrum calculated from the data comprising the time series of a process. For example, if the spectrum shows ...
greenhouse gas
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Those gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect by trapping heat within the earth’s atmosphere. The chief greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide and water vapor. Other ...
geostrophic velocity
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Those velocities exhibited by geostrophic currents due to geostrophy.
DiMethyl Sulfonium Propionate (DMSP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Thought to be the dominant precursor to DMS in the oceans. DMS can be formed by the enzymatic cleavage of DMSP as well as by the oxidation of DMSP with OH-, oxygen or hydrogen ...
climate
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Traditionally defined in terms of the mean atmospheric conditions at the earth’s surface. Peixoto and Oort (1992) offer the more technical and broader ”set of averaged quantities ...
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