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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VERTEX

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A multidisciplinary study of VERtical Transport and EXchange of material in the upper ocean performed in the California Current. It was organized to investigate the vertical ...

Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment (CEAREX)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A multi-national and multi-platform field program carried out in the Greenland and Norwegian Seas (north to Svalbard) from Sept. 1988 through May 1989. It was a collaboration ...

Multiple Opening Closing Net and Environmental Sampling System (MOCNESS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A multiple net system used in biological oceanography to sequentially sample zooplankton at different depths or for collecting serial samples at the same depth.

Operation Cabot

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A multiple-ship cruise to survey the Gulf Stream in 1950.

vendavales

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A name given to strong, squally, southwest winds in the Straits of Gibraltar and off the east coast of Spain. It is associated with depressions and occurs mainly between September ...

Mixed Water Region (MWR)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A name given to the region between the Kuroshio Extension and the Oyashio Front because it is a location where waters of subtropical, subpolar, and Sea of Japan origin meet and ...