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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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CONtrol Volume EXperiment (CONVEX–91)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
1991, a survey designed to investigate the shape and strength of the Northeastern sector of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre, and to examine the exchanges between the upper and ...
Lomonosov Ridge Experiment (LOREX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 1979 Canadian Department of Energy, Mines and Resources multi–discliplinary project to study the nature and origins of the Lomonosov Ridge, an underwater 3000 m high mountain ...
Humidity Exchange Over the Sea (HEXOS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 1986 program to measure water vapor and droplet fluxes from sea to air at moderate to high wind speeds. HEXOS was the first comprehensive open ocean air–sea flux field project ...
Acoustic Mid–Ocean Dynamics Experiment (AMODE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 1991-1992 experiment involving a tomography array located between Puerto Rico and Bermuda. The width of the array was abouata 670 km and is consisted of six mooring acoustic ...
Lead Experiment (LEADEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 1992 experiment to study the effect of leads (cracks in the ice) on the polar ocean and atmosphere.
Eastern Atlantic Experiment (EAE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 1996–1997 experiment that was one of the three main components forming the MAGE component of ACSOE. EAE was an extensive study of the speciation of sulphur and nitrogen in both ...
Tropical Eastern Pacific Process Study cruise (TEPPS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 1997 PACS study whose purpose was to document the clouds and precipitation of the tropical eastern Pacific from the surface. The timing and location of the cruise were designed ...
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