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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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resolution
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In numerical modeling, the distance between contiguous points in the computational grid. This can refer to either temporal or spatial resolution, with the two being dependent in ...
discretization
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In numerical modeling, the process of converting differential equations governing processes occurring in a continuum into equivalent algebraic equations governing processes ...
Ekman pumping
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In oceanography, a process that is the result of a combination of Ekman dynamics and horizontal variations in the wind stress. The resulting convergence and divergence of the ...
halocline
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In oceanography, a relatively sharp change in salinity with depth.
joint effects of baroclinicity and relief (JEBAR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In oceanography, a term that arises from the derivation of the vertically integrated vorticity equation.
seasonal thermocline
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In oceanography, a weakly stratified layer of water that appears when the mixed layer makes a rapid transition between its winter maximum and its summer mimimum. It is created by ...
CTD
Earth science; Physical oceanography
In oceanography, an abbreviation for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth, an instrument for performing oceanographic measurements. The CTD measures (either directly or indirectly) the ...
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