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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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HAB Program
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An IOC program originating with the formation of an Ad hoc Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB) in 1991. The panel was requested to identify adequate resources ...
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An IOC project established in 1961 to “enhance marine research, exploration and development by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between ...
Ship of Opportunity Program (SOOP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An IOC project that uses merchant and other volunteer ships that transit a series of tracklines over existing trade routes. These ships deploy XBTs and other sampling ...
Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An IOC-coordinated project for the establishment of a strategic gloval core network of about 300 tide gauges around the world for long term climate change and oceanographic sea ...
Global Oceanographic Data Archeology and Rescue Project (GODAR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An IODE project started in 1993 to increase the volume of historical oceanographic data available to climate change and other researchers by locating sets not yet in digital form ...
Dynamic Response And Kinematics Experiment (DRAKE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An ISOS program consisting of a series of experiments to obtain measurements of various quantities in the Drake Passage. One took place in 1977 (DRAKE 77) and another in 1979 ...
radium-228
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An isotope of radium that is useful as a tracer in ocean studies. It is the 5.75 year half-life daughter of thorium-232. Thorium, a highly insoluble substance, is delivered to ...
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