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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 part of the Arctic Mediterranean Sea located on the Greenland-Canadian-Alaskan shelf. It is situated northeastward of Ellesmere Island and northwest of northern Greenland.
Industry:Earth science
A part of the atmospheric circulation system extending from the Equator to 30° latitude on both sides of the Equator. It is a thermally-driven system in which heated air rises at the Equator, flows poleward, cools and descends at subtropical latitudes, and then flows back towards the Equator. This description was suggested by Hadley in the 18th century.
Industry:Earth science
A part of the Baltic Sea which adjoins the Aland Sea and the main Baltic to the west and is landlocked elsewhere.
Industry:Earth science
A part of the CoastWatch program that handles its data archival and distribution tasks.
Industry:Earth science
A part of the Irish Marine Institute that collects, manages, processes, quality controls, and archives data collected by Irish institutions. See the ISMARE Web site71.
Industry:Earth science
A part of the NOAA ERL network the carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography, marine meteorology, and related subjects.
Industry:Earth science
A part of the NOS section of NOAA. It is responsible for the management of the U.S. National Water Level Program (NWLP), the foundation of which is the National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON).
Industry:Earth science
A partnership program between NOAA and various universities that encourages the wise stewardship of marine resources through research education, outreach and technology transfer. It began in 1966 when the U.S. Congress passed the National Sea Grant College Program Act. There are at present 29 Sea Grant Colleges engaged in marine research.
Industry:Earth science
A passage between Ibiza and Mallorca with a sill depth of 500 m.
Industry:Earth science
A passive microwave radiometer successor to the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) that provides greater frequency diversity, improved spatial resolution, increased swatch width, and improved antenna performance. It is used to observe atmospheric and oceanic parameters such as precipitation, soil moisture, global ice and snow cover, SST, wind speed, atmospheric cloud water, and water vapor.
Industry:Earth science
