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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 Frontal Zone (AFZ)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A frontal zone that runs meridionally between about 5 and 8° E in the Greenland Sea. It separates warm, salty, northward-flowing Norwegian Atlantic Water (NwAtW) in the Norwegian ...
Aleutian low
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A center of action centered over the Aleutian Islands between the east coast of the Siberian Kamchatka Peninsula and the Gulf of Alaska at about 50° N. It is prominent in the ...
Antarctic Circumpolar Wave
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Interannual variations in the atmospheric pressure at sea level, wind stress, sea surface temperature and sea-ice extent that propagate eastwards around the Southern Ocean. These ...
Antarctic Front
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In meterology, a front which develops and persists around the Antarctic continent at about 60-65° S, and divides Antarctic Air from the maritime Polar Air to the north.
Ajax Expedition
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An oceanographic research expedition from 1983-1984.
Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An international organization that promotes the interests of limnology, oceanography and related sciences,fosters the exchange of information across the range of aquatic science, ...
Agulhas Undercurrent
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A current flowing beneath the Agulhas Current. LADCP measurements indicate the core is centered around 1200 m, against the continental slope and directly below the surface core ...
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