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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Lagrangian velocity

Earth science; Physical oceanography

That velocity that would be measured by tracking a dyed particle in a fluid. Compare to Eulerian velocity and Stokes velocity.

Eulerian velocity

Earth science; Physical oceanography

That velocity which would be measured by a current meter at a fixed point. Compare and contrast to Lagrangian velocity and Stokes velocity

truncation error

Earth science; Physical oceanography

That which occurs when a function, theoretically represented exactly as the summation of an infinite (or otherwise bloody huge) number of terms, is represented by a smaller subset ...

Kuroshio Extension

Earth science; Physical oceanography

That which the Kuroshio Current becomes when it separates from the continental rise at about 35° N in the western North Pacific Ocean. It flows eastward from this point as a ...

Hans Ertel

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The “potential vorticity” guy. Ertel’s fundamental work in theoretical meteorology and the application of fluid dynamics to meteorological and geophysical problems, culminating ...

gravitational acceleration

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The acceleration with which a body would freely fall under the action of gravity in a vacuum. This actually varies with the distance from the center of the Earth as well as with ...