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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Pole–Equator–Pole (PEP)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A PAGES sponsored inter–American paleoenvironmental research program focuses on the dynamics of transequatorial atmospheric and ocean linkages.

Tethys Sea

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A paleogeographic term for a sea that partly intersected Pangaea in the Permian and later separated the two Mesozoic supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana.

Iapetus Ocean

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A paleogeographic term for the ocean that lay between Baltica and Laurentia during the late Precambrian and early Paleozoic. It was subducted during the early Paleozoic and is ...

Joint Panel on Oceanographic Tables and Standards (JPOTS)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A panel sponsored by UNESCO, ICES, IAPSO, and SCOR which first met in 1962 (in an earlier form not yet called JPOTS) to study and decide upon standards to measure the properties ...

Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC)

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A panel succeeding and formed from the OOSDP. It is sponsored jointly with WCRP, GOOS, and GCOS. The OOPC continues the design of the ocean observing system begun by OOSDP, in ...

Rennell’s Current

Earth science; Physical oceanography

“A relatively strong (1.0 to 1.5 knots) nonpermanent current that sets northward across the western approaches to the English Channel. The current appears to be independent of the ...