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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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Modified Levantine Intermediate Water (MLIW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A modified form of Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) found in the Adriatic Sea. It has a temperature of 14°C and a salinity of 38.7 psu.
Cretan Intermediate Water (CIW)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A modified form of Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) that enters the southern Aegean Sea as LIW via the eastern Cretan Straits and is ventilated and transformed by convective ...
Communication–Linked Automatic Buoy (C–LAB)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A moored oceanographical and meteorological buoy system operating in Prince William Sound, Alaska since late 1991. This started out as part of the CFOS project but became part of ...
Marvor float (MARVOR)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multicycle RAFOS type float developed by IFREMER and TEKELEC (nowMARTEC). A MARVOR float cycles several times between the surface and its planned depth during its mission. When ...
Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment (AEROCE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multi–disciplinary and – institutional program focusing on a number of aspects of the atmospheric chemistry over the North Atlantic Ocean. The objectives of AEROCE are: to ...
Etudes Climatiques dans l’Atlantique Tropical (ECLAT)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multidisciplinary program designed to become the French contribution of CLIVAR in the tropical Atlantic. The PIRATA program will be part of ECLAT.
Mediterranean Targeted Project (MATER)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A multidisciplinary project carried out within the MAST framework. MATER combined physical and ecological modeling with intensive field activity carried out in the three ...
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