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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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heat capacity of water
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The heat capacity of a body is the product of its mass and its specific heat.
spring tide
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The high tides of greatest amplitude caused by the Earth, Sun and Moon being almost colinear. This causes the gravitational pulls of both the Sun and Moon to reinforce each other. ...
lower high water (LHW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The higher of two high waters on a day when the tide is neither The lower of two low waters on a day when the tide is neither predominantly diurnal nor predominantly semidiurnal ...
saturated humidity mixing ratio
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The humidity mixing ratio of air which is saturated at a specified temperature and pressure, with saturation defined with reference to either liquid water or ice.
wind chill temperature
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The hypothetical air temperature in calm conditions that would cause the same heat flux from the skin as occurs for the true winds and the true air temperature.
equilibrium tide
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The hypothetical tide which would exist if the ocean responded instantly to the tide producing forces and formed an equilibrium surface. The effects of friction, inertia, and the ...
western boundary current (WBC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The intensification of the western limb of an oceanic circulation gyre. This is inevitable given a rotating earth, a meridional boundary, and a zonal wind stress pattern that ...
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