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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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Austral Chilean Coast and Inland Sea (ACCIS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A program to facilitate the development of an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional program focused on ecological and socio-econonomic-human health issues in the temperate ...
Antarctic Circumpolar Current Levels by Altimetry and Island Measurements (ACCLAIM)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A special program in the South Atlantic and Southern Oceans consisting of measurements from coastal tide gauges and bottom pressure stations, along with an ongoing research ...
acoustic signature
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A set of characteristics used to describe a sound signal. This may include sound echos from targets, radiated and ambient noise, with salient echo characteristics including target ...
light compensation depth
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An ocean depth above which the intensity of photosynthetic assimiliation is greater than losses by respiration, and below which the reverse situation takes place where ...
longshore trough
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An elongated depression extending parallel to the shoreline and any longshore bars that are present and, like the longshore bars, there may be more than one present.
low pressure center
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In meteorology, a region of relatively low barometric pressure. These are characterized by upward moving air at altitude and convergence near the ground. These predominate in ...
lysocline
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The upper portion of the transition zone in sediments between supersaturated (shallow) and undersaturated (deep) sediments in the ocean. The transition is between the burial and ...
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