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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sea breeze

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A wind blowing from the ocean towards land caused by the effects of differential heating. In the summer when the land surface is warmer than the ocean, the air over the land heats ...

paleowind

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A wind of the geological past. The practical geological indicators of paleowind are several scalar properties (bed thickness, grain size and sorting, mineral proportions) and ...

gradient wind

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A wind that theoretically exists as a balance between the pressure gradient, Coriolis, and centrifugal forces. It blows along curved isobars with no tangential acceleration. In ...

Typhoon Operational Experiment (TOPEX)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A WMO 3–year project for testing the typhoon warning system under real typhoon conditions.

Community Modeling Effort (CME)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A WOCE component to design and execute a series of baseline calculations of the wind- and thermohaline-driven, large-scale ocean circulation, to make comparisons of these ...

Ocean Ecology: Understanding and Vision for Research (OEUVRE)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A workshop for biological oceanographers and marine ecologists held at Keystone, Colorado from March 1–6, 1998. The goal was to develop an assessment of the field and an attempt ...