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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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Arctic Circumpolar Boundary Current (ACBC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The main water transformations in the Arctic Mediterranean take place in a boundary current of Atlantic Water, which enters the Arctic across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. After ...
aphotic zone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The region below the euphotic zone where no light is available for photosynthesis.
anomaly of specific volume
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Another name for the specific volume anomaly.
Amundsen Abyssal Plain
Earth science; Physical oceanography
One of the three plains that comprise the Pacific-Antarctic Basin (the others being the Bellingshausen and Mornington Abyssal Plains). It is located at around 150° W.
Acoustic Monitoring of the Ocean Climate in the Arctic Ocean (AMOC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 1994-1998 program whose overall objective was to develop and design an acoustic system for long-term monitoring of the ocean temperature and ice thickness in the Arctic Ocean, ...
Antarctic Divergence
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, a region of rapid transition located in the Antarctic Zone of Southern Ocean between the Continental Water Boundary to the south and the Polar Front to ...
Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer float (ALACE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument that can be programmed to cycle up and down through the water column at predetermined intervals to provide vertical profiles of temperature and salinity. ALACE ...
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