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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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high pressure center
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In meteorology, a region of relatively high barometric pressure. These are characterized by subsidence at altitude and by divergence near the surface. They predominate at 30 and ...
shallow atmosphere approximation
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In meteorology, an approximation made to simplify the equations of motion in spherical coordinates where the radial distance r is replaced by a+z, where the altitude z is much ...
subjective analysis
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In meteorology, the name given to synoptic weather charts prepared by hand since the resulting diagnosis or analysis relied extensively on the subjective judgment of the preparer. ...
staggered grid
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In numerical analysis this refers to a computational grid in or on which separate dependent variables are represented on alternate or staggered grid points. For example, a 1-D ...
dependent variable
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In numerical modeling and general mathematics, a variable whose value changes as a function of another variable, i.e. the latter is first specified and the latter then calculated. ...
consistency
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In numerical modeling, a numerical computational scheme is said to be consistent if the discrete algebraic equations created by the process of discretization recover or reduce to ...
convergence
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In numerical modeling, a numerical computational scheme is said to be convergent is the solutions to the discrete algebraic equations created by the process of discretization ...
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