- Industry: Education
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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 ...
The net annual uptake of carbon dioxide by vegetation. It is equal to the GPP minus autotrophic respiration. This is difficult to measure directly in terrestrial ecosystems, not only because it requires a direct measurement of gross photosynthesis, but also because it requires measurement of the respiration of the plant or plant community, including roots.
Industry:Earth science
The net meridional flow of mass in the interior of the ocean gyres away from the lateral boundaries.
Industry:Earth science
The northern section of the Baltic Sea. It is further divided into the northern Bay of Bothnia and the southern Bothnian Sea, the latter of which adjoins the Aland Sea to the south.
Industry:Earth science
The northward limb of the anticyclonic subtropical gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is a northerly extension of the Gulf Stream but, due to a different dynamical regime, is a broader, slower current that carries warm water towards Europe, serving to ameliorate the climate there.
Industry:Earth science
The number of grams of chloride and chloride equivalent to the bromide in one liter of sea water at 20° C.
Industry:Earth science
The nutrients used as tracers in physical oceanography are essential dissolved chemicals eaten by plants in the ocean, i.e. phytoplankton. The basic nutrients are carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous, with all three having to be present for plant material to grow. Additionally, calcium and silicon are used as skeleton building materials. Micronutrients are those nutrients used in very small quantities. These are magnesium, iron, vanadium, molybdenum and selenium. Also used in small quantities but of no known value are cadmium and barium.
Industry:Earth science
The objective of which was to make comprehensive measurements of the physical processes associated with the surf zone to determine which processes are dominant in determining the acoustic propagation features.
Industry:Earth science
The objective of which was to measure the magnitude of heat flux through the air-sea-ice interface and to describe the mechanisms that drive and control the fluxes of heat, salt and momentum. It took place aboard the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer in the Eastern Weddell Sea from June 27 to August 24, 1994.
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name has two meanings:
a broad elevation that rises gently and generally smoothly from the sea floor; and
the linked major mid–oceanic mountain systems of global extent; also called mid–oceanic ridge.
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a broad pass or col, resembling in shape a riding saddle, in a ridge or between contiguous elevations.”
Industry:Earth science
