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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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Production Induite en Zone de Convergence par les Ondes Longues (PICOLO)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A program to attempt to understand how a heavy catch of tun occurs in a region considered biologically poor although prone to tropical instability waves.

Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Survey

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A program to collect a high quality hydrographic database representative of the Arctic Ocean with the goal of determining the general circulation and its transit times, and the ...

Programme Francais Ocean et Climat dans l’Atlantique `Equatorial (FOCAL)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A program to describe and model the response of the tropical Atlantic to the wind stress on a seasonal scale. Data was obtained from nine cruises of the research vessels

Austral Chilean Coast and Inland Sea project (ACCIS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A program to facilitate the development of an interdisciplinary and multi–institutional program focused on ecological and socio–econonomic– human health issues in the temperate ...

CONFLUENCE

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A program to investigate the upwelling region and mixing of the Rio Plata into the southwest Atlantic Ocean.

Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A program to study shelf processes that took place north of San Francisco during the summers of 1981–1982. The program employed drifters, hydrographic measurements, ...

International Southern Ocean Studies (ISOS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A program to study the Southern Ocean, especially the fronts and energetics in the regions of Drake Passage and southeast of New Zealand. The monitoring of the transport of the ...