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Founded in 1876, Texas A&M University is a U.S. public and comprehensive university offering a wide variety of academic programs far beyond its original label of agricultural and mechanical trainings. It is one of the few institutions holding triple federal designations as a land-, sea- and ...
A conventional value for the density of mercury, adopted for the sake of uniformity in the conversion of pressure readings from units of pressure to units of height (or the converse). The value adopted by the WMO is the density at 0° C, i.e. 13.5951 gm/cm3.
Industry:Earth science
A cooperative program among NOS, NCEP, GFDL, and AOS to develop a system capable of producing useful nowcast and forecast information for the east coastal region of the United States.
Industry:Earth science
A cooperative program among Russia, the U.S. and Canada from 1991–1993 that addressed the variability of the circulation in the subpolar and northern subtropical gyres of the North Pacific.
Industry:Earth science
A coordinated program aimed at understanding the geology, physics, chemistry and biology of processes occurring along the global mid–ocean ridge system.
Industry:Earth science
A co–sponsored AOSB/ICES project aimed at observing and modeling the atmospheric, ice, oceanic and biological processes relevant to understanding the role of the Nordic Seas in the climate system. The GSP was in operation from 1987–1993 and has been superseded by ESOP. The data collected during GSP can be found at the GSP Web site54.
Industry:Earth science
A cruise taking place in the east Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal between April 7 and June 8, 1999. The goal of JASMINE was to observe the atmosphere and ocean environment during a monsoon onset event, including both an active and break period, to understand the conditions responsible for the variability of the monsoon season on short time and space scales.
Industry:Earth science
A current containing the westernmost of Atlantic water inflow to the Nordic Seas, flowing northwards through the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland, and then turning eastwards around the northern tip of Iceland. The name indicates an origin in the Irminger Current which, as it flows northward through the Denmark Strait, splits into two branches. One branch turns west and then southwest to run parallel to the East Greenland Current. The other turns northeast and then east to become the North Icelandic Irminger Current. It feeds the North Icelandic shelf area with relatively warm, saline water which rapidly loses its Atlantic character (heat and salt) so that the percentage of Atlantic water is reduced to less than 30% by the northeastern corner of Iceland.
Industry:Earth science
A current flowing east from the Japan Sea through the strait between mainland Japan and Hokkaido and on into the Pacific Ocean. This is also known as the Tsugaru Warm Current. The Tsugaru originates in the Tsushima Current, which splits off from the Kuroshio Current and enters the Sea of Japan through Tshushima Strait where it is modified before exiting through the Tsugaru Strait. In summer and autumn, the Tsugaru tends to expand eastward and into a small anticyclonic gyre as it meanders eastward past the northern tip of Honshu, and then turns southward along the Sanriku coast. In winter and spring, it usually turns directly southward along the coast.
Industry:Earth science
A current flowing offshore of West Spitsbergen Island in the eastern part of Fram Strait. This current carries comparatively warm water from the Atlantic into the Arctic Ocean.
Industry:Earth science
A current found south of approximately 42°S along the coast of Chile. The west wind drift of the subtropical gyre veers south and becomes the Cape Horn Current at this latitude. The lower salinity and higher oxygen values found in the upper part of the current as it moves south indicate interaction with the estuarine circulation in the complex fjords along the coast. These properties are limited to the region next to the coast at 42°S, but extend to around 100 km offshore at 51°S.
Industry:Earth science
