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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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bucket thermometer
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A thermometer with an insulated container around the bulb. It is used to measure ocean temperatures by lowering it on a line, allowing it to equilibrate with the temperature of ...
baguio
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The local name given to tropical cyclones in the Phillipines, especially those occurring from July to November.
Biophysical Interdisciplinary Tropic Studies (BITS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An instrumented and unmanned mooring designed to acoustically measure the size and abundance of marine life populations, collect the supporting data that characterizes the marine ...
Bellingshausen Sea
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A marginal sea located off Antarctica from approximately 70 to 100° W northwards to the Antarctic Circle. It is located between Thurston Island to the west and the Antarctic ...
Bottom Ekman Layer (BEL)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The lowest of three layers into which the bottom 1000 m of the ocean are sometimes divided, with the other two being the BNL and the BML. The height of the turbulent BEL depends ...
Barents Sea Impact Study (BASIS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A research project developed under the auspices of IASC for studying the impacts of global change in the Barents region, which includes the Barents Sea and the northernmost parts ...
William Bourne
Earth science; Physical oceanography
(1535-1582) A British innkeeper who wrote what some consider to be the first popularization of the extent ideas constituting that which we now consider to be the field of ...
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