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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 variety of Subtropical Mode Water (STMW) that forms in the western subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic Ocean, i.e. the area known as the Sargasso Sea. This has also been called Sargasso Sea Water (SSW).
Industry:Earth science
A velocity calculated via dimensional analysis that defines the velocity scale for the flow near a wall. This is also called the dynamic velocity.
Industry:Earth science
A velocity in fluids that derives from the wave Reynolds stresses. See the Stokes wave entry and compare to Lagrangian velocity and Eulerian velocity.
Industry:Earth science
A vertical coordinate system often used in numerical circulation models in which the vertical coordinate is pressure. The equations are created by replacing the vertical velocity in the equations of motion with the total derivative of the pressure following the motion.
Industry:Earth science
A vertical ocean layer sometimes found in high northern latitudes. It is a cold (as low as -1.6° C) layer from 50 to 100 m sandwiched between warmer surface and deeper layers. The water column remains stable due to a salinity gradient that counters the unstabilizing effects of the temperature gradient.
Industry:Earth science
A violent squall in the Straits of Magellan. This is a region where the winds are almost constantly strong and westerly.
Industry:Earth science
A violent wind that begins suddenly, lasts for a short time, and dies suddenly. It is sometimes associated with a temporary change of direction.
Industry:Earth science
A virtual force used to account for the change in direction of the wind relative to the Earth’s surface. It results from the Earth’s rotation and the Coriolis force.
Industry:Earth science
A warm and saline water mass occupying most of the surface layer of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea during the warm part of the year. It is the product of intense evaporation, with the salinity reaching maximum values of around 39.5 by the end of the summer, especially in the northwest Levantine and southeast Aegean Seas around Rhodos.
Industry:Earth science
A warm, southerly wind in the Mediterranean region. Near the north coast of Africa the wind is hot and dry and often carries much dust. After crossing the Mediterranean, the scirocco reaches the European coast as a moist wind and is often associated with low stratus.
Industry:Earth science
