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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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surf zone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The portion of the nearshore zone in which borelike translation waves occur following wave breaking. It extends from the inner breakers shoreward to the swash zone.
swash zone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The portion of the nearshore zone in which the beach face is alternately covered by the uprush of wave swash and exposed by the backwash.
thermosteric anomaly
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The portion of the specific volume anomaly that accounts for most of the effects of salinities and temperatures differing from the standard calculation levels of 35 ppt and 0° C, ...
specific volume anomaly
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The portion of the specific volume differing from a standard specific volume determined at a salinity of 35 ppt, a temperature of 0° C, and the pressure at the depth at which the ...
geopotential
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The potential energy per unit mass of a body due to the Earth’s gravitational field as referred to an arbitrary zero reference level. A unit of geopotential is the potential ...
Laurentia
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The Precambrian craton of central eastern Canada. It forms the ancient core of Canada, the remainder having been accreted via orogeny.
Naval Ocean and Atmosphere Research Laboratory (NOARL)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The precursor to the NRL. The precursor to NOARL was the Naval Environmental Prediction Research Facility (NEPRF), established in 1971 and functioning as a field activity of the ...
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