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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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Atlantic Water (AW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A water mass traditionally defined as any water with salinity greater than 35. 0 entering the arctic domain from the Atlantic domain. AW first entering the Iceland and Norwegian ...
AIDJEX Lead Experiment (ALEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A project that took place Feb. 23 through Apr. 10, 1974 and investigated small-scale meteorological and oceanographic processes associated with leads in pack ice near Barrow, ...
amphidrome
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A stationary point around which tides rotate in a counterclockwise (clockwise) sense in the northern (southern) hemisphere, i.e. the point about which the cotidal lines radiate. ...
Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A program composed of two complementary enviromental initiatives: (1) to gather information about temperatures in the ocean using acoustic tomography to verify the predictions of ...
Azores High
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A center of action centered near the Azores Islands (near 35° N and 25° W). It extends from near the western end of the Mediterranean Sea westward almost to Florida in the summer ...
East Asian/North Pacific Regional Experiment (APARE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An IGAC activity. The scientific goals of APARE are to quantify the oxidising efficiency, and atmospheric acidification by studying the emission, transport, chemical ...
analog
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In signal processing this refers to a continuous physical variable which bears a direct relationship to another variable so that one is proportional to the other. An example ...
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