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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Norwegian Sea Arctic Intermediate Water (NSAIW)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A water mass whose typical values are -0.5– 0.5°C and 34.87–34.90.

Gulf Common Water

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A water type originating from the dilution of Caribbean Subtropical Underwater.

capillary wave

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A wave on a fluid interface for which the restoring force is surface tension.

JONSWAP spectrum

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A wave spectrum developed for fetch–limited wind waves. This is basically the Pierson–Moskowitz spectrum multipled by an extra peak enhancement factor and fetch–dependent scale ...

TMA spectrum

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A wave spectrum developed to incorporate finite depth effects into the JONSWAP spectrum.

P-N-J method

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A wave spectrum method for wave forecasting developed by Pierson, Neumann and James (Pierson et al. (1955)) in the mid-1950s. Each wind velocity produces a certain range of wave ...