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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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interferometer
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A device, e.g. imaging radar, that uses two different paths for imaging and deduces information from the coherent interference between the two signals. Paths with spatial and ...
intermediate models
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A class or group of equations that have been formulated in an attempt to extend the formal validity of the quasi-geostrophic equations while also avoiding the complications of the ...
internal tide
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Internal waves somehow excited at or near tidal periods. It is generally accepted that these are generated by energy scattered from surface to internal tides by bottom roughness.
intransitive
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In dynamical systems theory, a system is said to be intransitive if different sets of initial conditions evolve to more than one alternative resultant state.
inventory-box model technique
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A method for analyzing transient tracer data where a time dependent box model is used to simulate the inventory or mean concentration of a tracer in a prescribed reservoir. The ...
inverted echo sounder (IES)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument used to monitor oceanic fronts since Rossby (1969) first introduced the concept of using variations in acoustic travel time to measure changes in the depth of the ...
iron hypothesis
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The hypothesis that iron plays a major regulatory role in phytoplankton productivity. While the potential role of iron as a limiting factor in phytoplankton productivity was ...
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