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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 regional sea contained within the Philippines between the northern island of Luzon and the central island group the Visayan Islands. It is centered at about 122.5° E and 12.3° N and connected to the Visayan Sea to the southeast, the Samar Sea to the east, the Sulu Sea to the southwest via the Tablas Strait, and the South China Sea to the northwest via the Verde Island Passage. Geographical features of note include Sibuyan Island and Marinduque Island as well as the Ragay Gulf in the southeast arm of Luzon.
Industry:Earth science
A relatively sharp change in temperature (and therefore density) beneath the seasonal thermocline maintained by a balance between downward diffusion of heat and the gradual upwelling of deep, cool water.
Industry:Earth science
A relatively slow but highly energetic coastal current, flowing in the opposite direction to the Brazil Current. The BCC occurs over the Southern Brazilian Continental Shelf during from spring through winter, reaching its most northerly extreme at 25.2°S in August. After de Souza and Robinson (2004).
Industry:Earth science
A remote operated vehicle (ROV) developed at MBARI. See the Tiburon Web site156.
Industry:Earth science
A research center established at JIMAR whose mission is to conduct research on the predictability of the coupled ocean–atmosphere– land system, to develop the methods for making predictions of the evolution of this system, and to make experimental predictions to determine their usefulness. The focus of WCCRP is on the Asian– Australian Monsoon system and its interactions with ENSO.
Industry:Earth science
A research center, abbreviated GHCC, whose objective is to address global hydrological processes. See the GHCC Web site44.
Industry:Earth science
A research cruise taking place from 1947–1948 aboard the vessel “Albatross,” The expedition was headed by Hans Pettersson who also edited the ten–volume series of research reports published starting in 1957. The contents of the reports were: 1. The ship, its equipment, and the voyage 2. Zoology 3. Physics and chemistry 4. Bottom investigations 5. Sediment cores from the East Pacific 6. Sediment cores from the West Pacific 7. Sediment cores from the North Atlantic Ocean 8. Sediment cores from the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea 9. Sediment cores from the Indian Ocean 10. Special investigations
Industry:Earth science
A research division of Columbia University dedicated to understanding how planet Earth works. See the LDEO Web site86.
Industry:Earth science
A research facility of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The IOS is located in Sidney, British Columbia and is one of a network of nine major scientific facilities across Canada run by the Science Sector of the DFO.
Industry:Earth science
A research initiative jointly supported by NOAA and NSF geared toward the generation of quantitative scenarios for the impact of the climate system on marine ecosystems such as the economically significant fisheries in the northeast U.S.
Industry:Earth science
