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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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mode water
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A type of water created by property modification in the vicinity of ocean fronts, especially during winter. Convection creates a deep surface layer containing water of nearly ...
echo sounder
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument used to determine ocean depth by measuring the time needed for a sound wave to travel from the ship to the ocean floor and return. The first reliable acoustical ...
eddy heat flux
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, the total meridional heat transport due to mesoscale eddies. This has also been used to refer to the correlation of time-dependent fluctuations of ...
e-folding time
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The time it takes a system to reduce an imposed displacement to a factor of 1/e of the displaced value. This is a common way of expressing the equilibration time of a system. The ...
Jacob Bjerknes
Earth science; Physical oceanography
(1897-1975)One of the founders of modern meteorology, Bjerknes entered and revolutionized the field at the age of 20 with his discovery of the structure of extratropical cyclones. ...
breaker zone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The portion of the nearshore zone where waves arriving from offshore become unstable and break.
Arctic Acoustic Transmission Experiment (AATE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A project of the APL at the University of Washington School of Oceanography that studies the ice fracturing and the source of ambient noise as they relate to Arctic ocean ...
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