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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 Mediterranean Sea
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The area comprising the Greenland Sea, the Iceland Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The first three are sometimes referred to as the Nordic Seas. The area has ...
Angola Basin
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An ocean basin located to the west of Africa at about 15° S in the south-central Atlantic Ocean. It is demarcated to the north by the Guinea Ridge, south of which lies the Angola ...
Antarctic Surface Water (AASW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In physical oceanography, a water mass in the Antarctic Zone of the Southern Ocean AASW is found in the upper 200 m south of the Polar Front (PF) and is cold, fresh, and high in ...
Atlantic Climate Change Experiment (ACCE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A joint program between WOCE and NOAA's ACCP designed to increase understanding of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) of the Atlantic Ocean and the overlying atmosphere ...
Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A type of water in the seas surrounding Antarctica with temperatures ranging from 0 to -0. 8° C, salinities from 34. 6 to 34. 7, and a density near 27. 88. ABW is formed in the ...
Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An effort designed to identify systematic errors in Arctic Ocean models under realistic forcing. The main goals of the proposed research are to examine the ability of Arctic ...
Alaska Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The eastern limb of the counterclockwise-flowing subpolar gyre in the North Pacific. This current is concentrated on the shelf region by the freshwater input from Alaskan rivers ...
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