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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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Circumpolar Arctic PaleoEnvironments (CAPE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An organization within IGBP–PAGES to provide the vehicle through which international and national Arctic paleo–programs can be linked. The primary emphasis of CAPE is to ...
Global Ocean Monitoring and Prediction (GOMAP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An SERDP program for monitoring and predicting ocean processes at a resolution sufficient to depict features such as fronts and eddies. It covers both deep and shallow water and ...
Cascadia Basin Experiments (CABEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An underwater acoustics experiment performed jointly by the APL at the University of Washington School of Oceanography and the Acoustical Oceanography Research Group at the IOS. ...
subsurface countercurrent (SSCC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Another name for the Tsuchiya jets found in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
hydrometeor
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Any condensed water particle in the atmosphere of size much larger than individual water molecules, e.g. fog, cloud, some hazes, rain and snow.
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Any of a group of exceptionally stable compounds containing carbon, fluorine, and chlorine, which have been used especially as refrigerants and aerosol propellants. CFCs are ...
map projections
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Any of an extremely large number of methods for mapping, or projecting, the spherical (well, almost) Earth onto a two-dimensional surface. An overview of map projections88 is ...
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