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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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predictability of the second kind
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The prediction of an asymptotically equilibrium response (of the limiting state) of the climatic system to prescribed changes in external parameters.
predictability of the first kind
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The prediction of sequential states of the climate system at fixed values of external parameters and assigned variations of initial conditions.
power spectrum
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The presentation of the square of the amplitudes of the harmonics of a time series as a function of the frequency of the harmonics.
Global Temperature and Salinity Pilot Program (GTSPP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The primary goal ofwhich is to make global measurements of ocean temperature and salinity quickly and easily accessible to users. It seeks to develop and maintain a global ocean ...
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The primary research and development unit of NOAA. It conducts and directs research programs in coastal, marine, atmospheric and space sciences through its own laboratories and ...
nitrification
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The process by which ammonia formed by the bacterial decay of marine organisms or excreted by marine animals is oxidized to nitrite and then nitrate. It is inhibited by light and ...
scattering
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The process by which some of a stream of radiation is dispersed to travel in directions other than that which from it was incident by particles suspended in the medium through ...
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