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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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TOPEX microwave radiometer (TMR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument on the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission. The TMR measures sea surface microwave emissivity at three frequencies (18, 21, and 37 GHz) to estimate to total water vapor content ...
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument that has been on board both SEASAT and NIMBUS-7. It produced earth location and time-tagged SSTs, surface wind stress, atmospheric water vapor, liquid water content, ...
radar altimeter
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument that uses radar to determine a vehicle’s (e.g. a satellite) height above the surface and for measuring the height of small objects (e.g. waves, hills) on a planetary ...
NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument that will measure wind speeds and directions over at least 90% of the ice-free global oceans every 2 days under all weather and cloud conditions. It is based on the ...
thermoelectric Schlierenmeter
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument used in the mid-20th century to record rapid temperature changes in the ocean. It consisted of a constantin wire soldered to copper wires in two places. One junction ...
gas tension device (GTD)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument which allows in–situ measurements of the rate at which gases pass through the ocean surface to be made. This was developed at the IOS.
North Pacific Equatorial Water (NPEW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, a water mass formed at the boundary between the subtropical gyres via mixing in the Equatorial Countercurrent and the Equatorial Undercurrent. NPEW is a ...
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