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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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Synthetic Aperture Radar and X Band Ocean Nonlinearities- Forschungsplatform Nordsee program (SAXON-FPN)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 3-year effort to investigate radar backscatter from the ocean and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery of the ocean. A secondary objective was to explore the relationship ...
COAST
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 5–year interdisciplinary research project on cross–shelf transport processes in a wind–driven system. This is sponsored by the NSF and part of the CoOP program. The program ...
SCICEX
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A 5–year program (1995–1999) in which the U.S. Navy made available a Sturgeon–class, nuclear powered attack submarine for unclassified science cruises in the Arctic Ocean. A test ...
ICES Oceanographic Data Center (IODC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A bank of oceanographic data supplied by ICES member countries that dates back to the early 1900s. See the IODC Web site74.
Gerard barrel
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A barrel used to collect water samples in oceanography. It holds 250 liters of sea water.
Greenland Basin
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A basin in the North Atlantic Ocean defined to the east by Greenland, the west and south by the Mohn Ridge, and to the north by Fram Strait. It has two abyssal plains separated by ...
Kau Bay
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A bay formed by the two northern arms of the island of Halmahera in the Australasian Mediterranean Sea. It is located at about 1° N and 128° W and is considered part of the ...
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