Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

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hydrogeological

Earth science; Oceanography

Study of the relationship between the Earth's water and geological factors (e.g. rock type and structure).

hydrogeology

Earth science; Oceanography

Study of the relationship between the Earth's water and geological factors (e.g. rock type and structure).

sabellaria reefs

Earth science; Oceanography

Subtidal reefs formed by sabellaria spinulosa worms when they occur in very large numbers. Individual tubes built by the worms from sand or fine gravel can clump together to form solid reef ...

rollers

Earth science; Oceanography

Swells coming from a great distance and forming large breakers on exposed coasts. They are best known on the islands of St. Helena and Ascension in the South Atlantic Ocean during the months from ...

pixel

Earth science; Oceanography

Term derived from "picture element. " The smallest resolved area of information on an image display, representing an element from a data array.

free atmosphere

Earth science; Oceanography

That portion of Earth's atmosphere above the planetary boundary layer in which the effect of Earth's surface friction on the air motion is negligible, and in which the air is usually treated ...