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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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cum sole
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Descriptive of rotation in the same sense as a vector that points toward the sun, i.e. motion turning to the right (left) in the northern (southern) hemisphere, i.e. anticyclonic ...
Strait of Magellan
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Despite the strong southwesterly winds characteristic of the area, tides are the dominant forcing function for the currents, especially on the Atlantic side.
Gelbstoff
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Dissolved material in sea water that is resistant to bacterial attack. Its name comes from the yellow color it imparts to the water. Brown algae, the principal algae group growing ...
double tide
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Either a high water consisting of two maximums of about the same height separated by a relatively small depression or a low water consisting of two minimums separated by a ...
filtered equations
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Equations derived by modifying the equations of motion in various ways. They are called filtered because the modifications filter out or remove certain dynamical processes or ...
National Oceanographic Instrument Center (NOIC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Established by the Naval Oceanographic Office as a facility to establish criteria and procedures for testing and calibrating certain types of instruments. This office was active ...
marine geophysical data format (MGD77)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Established in 1977 for the exchange of digital underway geophysics data. It was created at a workshop held at the NGDC in January 1977 and is sanctioned by the IOC. The later ...
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