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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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nonlinear
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Said of a system (an electronic circuit, the climate, etc.) in which the output is not strictly proportional to the input. One consequence of this is that small changes in input ...
backing
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Said of the anti-clockwise change of direction of a wind, as opposed to veering.
veering
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Said of the clockwise change of the direction of a wind, as opposed to backing.
U.S. Global Ocean Atmosphere Land System program (GOALS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Scheduled to run from 1995-2010. This program focuses on improving the coupled ocean-atmosphere models used to simulate the structure of El Nino events under the TOGA program, and ...
United Nations Educational (UNESCO)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Scientific and Cultural Organization, a UN organization founded in 1945 to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through ...
sea ice
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Sea ice is defined by the WMO as: Any form of ice found at sea which has originated from the freezing of sea water.
greenhouse effect
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Short-wave solar radiation can pass through the clear atmosphere relatively unimpeded, but long-wave radiation emitted by the warm surface of the Earth is partially absorbed and ...
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