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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 type of sea ice defined by the WMO as: Young ice 15-30 cm thick. Under pressure more likely to ridge than to raft.
Industry:Earth science
A type of seiche found in harbors. The Japanese word “tsunami” means “harbor wave” but is a misnomer for what is really a seismic sea wave, more popularly (and even more incorrectly) known as a tidal wave.
Industry:Earth science
A type of Subantarctic Mode Water formed in the southeastern Indian Ocean south of Australia. It is the dominant mode of ventilation for the Indian Ocean, leading to a subsurface oxygen maximum layer extending northward into the tropical and northern Indian Ocean.
Industry:Earth science
A type of Subpolar ModeWater that forms in the North Atlantic. North Atlantic SPMW is a dense, cool (8–10°C) pycnostad spreading northwards past Ireland and turning westwards through the Iceland and Irminger Basins. It follows a cyclonic circulation within which the density gradually increases as temperature decreases to eventually form the coldest, densest pycnostad in the Labrador Sea.
Industry:Earth science
A type of Subtropical Mode Water that forms in the North Atlantic.
Industry:Earth science
A type of water found in the seas surrounding Antarctica with temperatures ranging from -1.4 to 0.8° C and salinities of 34.65 ppt. It underlies Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and is found on the slopes and southern and western ages of the Weddell Sea basin.
Industry:Earth science
A type of water in the seas surround Antarctica that separates overlying Winter Water (WW) from underlying AACW.
Industry:Earth science
A U.K.–led, international program of upper–ocean biogeochemistry investigations in the Arabian Sea region. It was conducted during two contrasting seasons, i.e. the waning of the southwest monsoon in August/September, and the intermonsoon–northeast monsoon transition in November/ December 1994. Biogeochemical studies were carried out along three transects in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, with the main transcect, 1590 km in length, orthogonal to the southern Oman coast.
Industry:Earth science
A unit defined as 10**18 times the atom ratio of tritium to normal hydrogen.
Industry:Earth science
A variety of Central Water found in the Atlantic Ocean south of about 15°N. It shows uniform properties throughout its range, with the T–S curve well described by a straight line between the points 5°C, 34.3 and 20°C, 36.0. Part of the SACW is thought to be Indian Central Water (ICW) brought into the Atlantic by Agulhas Current intrusions.
Industry:Earth science
