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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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Cenderawasih Bay
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A bay on the northern coast of Irian Jaya centered at approximately 135° E and 2.5 deg. S at the southwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean. It connects with the Pacific via the ...
Irminger Sea
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A body of water in the North Atlantic recognized as such for oceanographic if not official purposes. It lies roughly between the east coast of Greenland and the west coast of ...
Phleger Bottom Sampler
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A bottom sampler used for quantitative studies of foraminifera, designed to take a short core of the upper sediment layers without disturbing the surface layer. This sampler, ...
geodesy
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A branch of applied mathematics which determines by observation and measurement the exact positions of points and the figures and areas of large portions of the earth’s surface, ...
Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A branch of Canada’s DFO whose mandate is to manage and archive physical and chemical oceanographic data collected by DFO regions or acquired through various arrangements from ...
National Climate Data Center (NCDC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A branch of the NESDIS division of the Office of Environmental Information Services106 of NOAA that is the collection center and custodian for all U.S. weather records.
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
A branch of the NESDIS division of the Office of Environmental Information Services112 of NOAA that manages environmental data in the fields of solar-terrestrial physics, solid ...
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