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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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Bio-Optical Profiling System (BOPS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrument for measuring optical and physical parameters in the water column.
Baltic Sea Vertical Mixing and Advection Experiment (BAVAMEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A BALTEX program to investigate vertical mixing and advection in the major basins of the Baltic Sea.
beach face
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The sloping section of a beach profile below the beach berm which is normally exposed to the action of the wave swash.
Buys Ballot's law
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A synoptic meteorology rule stating that if, in the northern hemisphere, an observer stands with his back to the wind, pressure is lower on his left hand than on his right, while ...
Bering Sea
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A marginal sea located on the northern rim of the Pacific Ocean centered at approximately 58° N and 160° W. It is surrounded by Alaska to the east, Siberia to the west and ...
Bering Slope Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A current that flows from southeast to northwest across the Aleutian Basin of the Bering Sea, parallel to the continental slope of the eastern Bering Sea shelf.
benthos
Earth science; Physical oceanography
One of three major ecological groups into which marine organisms are divided, the other two being the nekton and the plankton. The benthos are organisms and communities found on ...
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