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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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hemipelagic
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Or or pertaining to continental margins and the adjacent abyssal plains.
National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Organized in the late 1980s and representing marine and Great Lakes laboratories. It is composed of three regional associations: Northeastern Association of Marine and Great ...
proxy data
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Paleoclimate data inferred indirectly via the use of transfer functions. The underlying idea is that organisms exhibit a high degree of differentiation according to their physical ...
Climate Expert System for the North Atlantic (CESNA)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Part of a project to develop a practical system that can manipulate qualitative information in a way that facilitates insights into observed and anticipated climate changes. At ...
Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Planned and coordinated jointly starting in 1968 by the WMO and the ICSU.
wave forecasting
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Predicting the development and characteristics of ocean surface gravity waves via semiempirical methods. These methods use some theory in their foundation but require basic data ...
carbon cycle
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Refers to the cycling of carbon in the form of carbon dioxide, carbonates, organic compounds, etc. between various reservoirs, e.g. the atmosphere, the oceans, land and marine ...
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