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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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Earth science; Physical oceanography
A northwesterly wind in the Adriatic, most frequent on the western shore and in summer. This is also applied to northwesterly winds in other parts of the Mediterranean.
Southwest Area Monsoon Project (SWAMP)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A NSSL project begun in 1990 to measure the central Arizona thunderstorm environments, examine the local monsoon structures and moisture fluxes, and study Mexican convective ...
thermal diffusivity
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A number that characterizes the rate of molecular diffusion of heat in a liquid. In the temperature range from 0 to 30°C, this varies from 0.1809 to 0.284 cm2/s for air and from ...
semi-implicit method
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A numerical approximation algorithm that allows longer time steps than an explicit method and is less computationally onerous than a fully implicit method. Algorithms can usually ...
Labrador Basin
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A ocean basin situated between Labrador, Greenland and Newfoundland. It underlies the Labrador Sea as well as most of the Irminger Sea.
Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A ocean circulation model that uses isopycnic coordinates in the vertical. See the MICOM Web site93.
General Ocean Turbulence Model (GOTM)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A one–dimensional numerical model aimed at accurately simulating vertical exchange processes in the marine environment where mixing is known to play a key role. The goals of GOTM ...
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