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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Long Term Upper Ocean Study (LOTUS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A two year Woods Hole study beginning in 1983 designed to acquire and analyze a continuous set of measurements of currents and temperatures throughout the water column in the open ...

Taylor-Proudman theorem

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A two-dimensional fluid flow theorem that states that geostrophic motion of a homogeneous fluid will be the same in all planes perpendicular to the axis of rotation. This has also ...

Peterson grab

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A type of bottom sampler used in biological oceanography to for the quantitative investigation of benthic organisms in relatively shallow waters. It comprises a set of heavy ...

globigerina ooze

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A type of calcareous ooze composed of the shells of unicellular creatures called globigerina that live in the waters of warmer ocean regions. These oozes are seldom found above ...

contrail cirrus

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A type of cloud hypothesized to form when water vapor within jet aircraft plumes undergoes homogeneous and/or heterogeneous nucleation processes upon which ice particles form and ...

Kelvin wave

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A type of coastally trapped wave motion where the velocity normal to the coast vanishes everywhere. The wave is nondispersive and propagates parallel to the shore with the speed ...