Earth science

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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saturation vapor pressure

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Usually measured with respect to water, this is the maximum water vapor pressure that can occur when the water vapor is in contact with a free water surface at a particular ...

meteoric water

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Water produced by or derived from the atmosphere. Meteoric waters start as precipitation in the hydrologic cycle, and the source thereof is evaporation from oceanic surfaces.

INTegration of Ice-core (INTIMATE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

MArine and TErrestrial data for the North Atlantic region from 25 to 9 ka BP. The goal of this INQUA project is to integrate data sets from ice-core, marine and land records to ...

pleuston

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Marine organisms associated with the water surface or the uppermost water layer that possess special adaptations allowing them to passively float there. This term was originally ...

mixed layer models

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Models of the surface layer of the ocean can be classified into two groups: differential models and depth–integrated bulk models. The bulk models originate with Kraus and Turner ...