Earth science

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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Weddell Sea Bottom Water (WSBW)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A type of water found in the seas surrounding Antarctica with temperatures ranging from -1.4 to 0.8° C and salinities of 34.65 ppt. It underlies Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and ...

Modified Warm Deep Water (MWDW)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A type of water in the seas surround Antarctica that separates overlying Winter Water (WW) from underlying AACW.

ARABESQUE

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A U.K.–led, international program of upper–ocean biogeochemistry investigations in the Arabian Sea region. It was conducted during two contrasting seasons, i.e. the waning of the ...

Tritium Unit

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A unit defined as 10**18 times the atom ratio of tritium to normal hydrogen.

South Atlantic Central Water (SACW)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A variety of Central Water found in the Atlantic Ocean south of about 15°N. It shows uniform properties throughout its range, with the T–S curve well described by a straight line ...

Water

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A variety of Subtropical Mode Water (STMW) that forms in the western subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic Ocean, i.e. the area known as the Sargasso Sea. This has also been ...