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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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climate forcing agents
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Any of several factors which can change the balance between the energy (in the form of solar radiation) absorbed by the Earth and that emitted by it in the form of long-wave ...
time series
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Any series of observations of a physical variable that is sampled at changing time intervals. A regular sampling interval is usually presumed although not required.
Polar Water (PW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Any water with salinity values less than 34.4 that enters the arctic domain from the polar domain in the North Atlantic. The temperatures of PW are typicall low although they can ...
balanced equations
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Approximations to the primitive equations that filter out the inertia–gravity waves but retain the geostrophic motions. Examples include: planetary geostrophic equations ...
leddies
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Baroclinic eddies composed of LIW as hypothesized by Millot (1999). These are posited to form as the LIW becomes unsable as it passes the open southwest corner of the Sardinian ...
mixing layer
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Brainerd and Gregg (1995) define this as “the depth zone being actively mixed from the surface at a given time, generally corresponding to the depth zone in which there is strong ...
Carl Eckart
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Carl Eckart (1902–1973) began his scientific work as a quantum physicist, and in midcareer turned towawrd continuum mechanics. He was a member of the physics faculty at the ...
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