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In oceanography, the excess of the actual geopotential difference, between two given isobaric surfaces , over the geopotential difference in a homogeneous water column of salinity 35 per mille (%) and temperature 0 degrees. Also called anomaly of geopotential difference. The dynamic-height anomaly between two isobaric surfaces is the product of the mean specific-volume anomaly and the difference in pressure (in decibars); the latter is assumed to equal the difference in depth in meters.
Industry:Earth science
In oceanography, the excess of the actual specific volume of the sea water at any point in the ocean over the specific volume of sea water of salinity 35 per mile ((s)) and temperature 0 degrees at the same pressure. The integral of specific-volume anomaly with depth is the dynamic-height anomaly .
Industry:Earth science
In oceanography, the surface layer of virtually isothermal water, which frequently exists above the thermocline .
Industry:Earth science
In oceanography, the temperature of the layer of sea water nearest the atmosphere. It is generally determined either as bucket temperature or injection temperature .
Industry:Earth science
In oceanography, the temperature that a water sample would attain if raised adiabatically to the sea surface. For the deepest points of the ocean, which are just over 10,000 meters, the adiabatic cooling would be less than 1. 5=AE$=AFC.
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In the Atlantic Ocean, an ocean current flowing northward along the Argentine coast. The Falkland current originates as a branch of the antarctic circumpolar current . At about 35 degrees it is joined by the Brazil current , both flowing east across the ocean as the South Atlantic current .
Industry:Earth science
Infrared radiation with wavelengths ranging from 3 to 1000 micrometers.
Industry:Earth science
Instrument which measures ionic conductivity, which can be used to determine chloride levels within marine aggregates.
Industry:Earth science
Interacting parts of a single global system of climate fluctuations, ENSO is the most prominent known source of interannual variability in weather and climate around the world, though not all areas are affected. The Southern Oscillation (SO) is a global scale seesaw in atmospheric pressure between Indonesia and North Australia and the southeast Pacific. In major warm events El Niño warming extends over much of the tropical Pacific and becomes clearly linked to the SO pattern. Many of the countries most affected by ENSO events are developing countries that depend on their agricultural and fishery sectors as a major source of food supply, employment, and foreign exchange. New capabilities to predict the onset of ENSO events can have a global impact. While ENSO is a natural part of Earth's climate system, whether its intensity or frequency may change as a result of global warming is an important concern. See also El Niño events and Southern Oscillation.
Industry:Earth science
Intermittent landward flow of water across a beach where surf is breaking.
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