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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Past Global Changes (PAGES)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An IGBP Core Project charged with providing a quantitative understanding of the Earth’s past environment and defining the envelope of natural climate variability within which we ...

Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An IGBP project directed at an assessment of: fluxes of matter between land, sea and atmosphere through the coastal zone; the responses of the land-sea interface to global ...

thermal equator

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An imaginary line connecting those points around the globe with the highest mean temperature for the given period. As such, the position of the thermal equator varies with the ...

North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An index defined as the normalized winter pressure differential between the Icelandic Low and the Azores High centers of action. Low (high) NAO index values occur when sea level ...

Southern Oscillation Index

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An index that is calculated to monitor the ENSO phenomenon. It is defined as the pressure anomaly at Tahiti minus the pressure anomaly at Darwin, Australia. Anomalously high ...

Physical Oceanographic Real–Time System (PORTS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

An information acquisition and dissemination technology developed by the NOS that supports safe adn cost–efficient navigation by providing ship masters and pilots with accurate ...