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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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effective transport velocity
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The sum of the large-scale velocity and the eddy-induced transport velocity. This is velocity at which tracers are advected in large-scale circulation models.
particulate matter
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The suspended particle load that controls the chemistry of the oceans. The physical and chemical properties of the particles control how rapidly a chemical species is removed from ...
saturated adiabatic lapse rate
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The temperature lapse rate of air which is undergoing a reversible natural adiabatic process. Abbreviated SALR.
wet-bulb temperature
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The temperature obtained by covering the bulb of a dry-bulb thermometer with a silk or cotton wick saturated with distilled water and drawing air over it at a velocity not less ...
potential evapotranspiration
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The theoretical maximum amount of water vapor that can be convyed to the atmosphere by the combined processes of evaporation and transpiration by a surface covered by green ...
Milankovitch theory
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The theory that changes in the geographic distribution of solar insolation due to planetary perturbations of the Earth’s orbital characteristics are the primary driving force for ...
ebb current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The tidal current existing during any time the height of the tide is decreasing. These generally flow in a seaward direction. This has been erroneously called ebb tide.
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