- Industry: Earth science
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The UK charity dedicated to the protection of the marine environment and its wildlife.
The seasonal ocean current flowing along the west coast of Australia. In the Southern Hemisphere summer it flows northward, then curves toward the west to join the south equatorial current . During Southern Hemisphere winter the west Australia current flows southward.
Industry:Earth science
The series of currents that form the eastern and western segments of the oceanic gyres in the three tropical oceans, carrying water poleward in the stronger western boundary currents and toward the equator in the weaker eastern currents.
Industry:Earth science
The southern branch of the North Atlantic current (which divides on the eastern side of the ocean); it moves south past Spain and North Africa to join the north equatorial current .
Industry:Earth science
The specialised study of maritime technology including ships, boats and other craft, together with the ancillary equipment necessary to operate them.
Industry:Earth science
The specific-volume anomaly ( steric anomaly ) that the sea water at any point would attain if the sea water were brought isothermally to a pressure of one standard atmosphere =2E. In other words, thermosteric anomaly is the specific-volume anomaly calculated for the given salinity and temperature but for a standard pressure.
Industry:Earth science
The spectral region between 8. 5 and 11. 0 microns where the atmosphere is essentially transparent to longwave radiation.
Industry:Earth science
The SSM/I is flown aboard Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites F8, F10, F11, F12, and F13. SSM/I instruments are microwave radiometers that sense emitted microwave radiation. The SSM/I is a 7-channel, 4-frequency, orthogonally polarized, passive microwave radiometric system. The instrument measures combined atmosphere and surface radiances at 19. 3, 22. 2, 37. 0, and 85. 5 GHz.
Industry:Earth science
The steep water-temperature gradient between the Gulf Stream and (a) the slope water inshore of the Gulf Stream or (b) the Labrador current.
Industry:Earth science
The strong, permanent, moving currents found in all five major oceanic gyres: the Brazil, East Australian, Kuroshio, and Aguilhas currents, and the Gulf Stream; the East Africa Coast Current is a western boundary current in the small gyre of the North Indian Ocean during the northern hemisphere summer, but it virtually disappears in winter.
Industry:Earth science
The study of the Earth in terms of its development as a planet since its origin, including the history of its life forms, the materials of which it is composed, processes that act on these materials and products that are formed by them.
Industry:Earth science
