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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 ...
An ICES investigation of cold, sub–arctic, deep water overspill into the North Atlantic Ocean from the Iceland–Faroe Ridge. It was carried out from May 30 to June 18 in 1960 under the leadership of J. B. Tait and was an optimal coordination of 9 research ships in a small region to reach a maximum of synoptic work. This experiment is considered to be the starting point of current measurements in deep water by self–recording anchored instruments.
Industry:Earth science
An ICES investigation which took place in the Gotland Basin during April through May in 1986 under the leadership of B. Dybern. The basic objective of the experiment was to study the heterogeneous and patchiness in the distribution of physical, chemical and biological properties in the region. Almost all of the Baltic Sea countries contributed to a total of 15 research vessels used in this experiment.
Industry:Earth science
An IGAC activity beginning in 1990 to study the major sources and sinks of trace species that affect the radiative balance of the earth either directory or indirectly by altering the photochemistry of the marine atmosphere. The scientific goals of MAGE were:
to understand the chemical, biological and physical mechanisms that control the exchange of trace gases and particulate material between the atmosphere and ocean surface;
to develop formulations of ocean exchange processes for inclusion in global–scale climate and air chemistry models; and
to extend the experimental knowledge of air–sea interchange to conditions with strong winds, rough seas and spray.
Industry:Earth science
An IGBP Core Project charged with providing a quantitative understanding of the Earth’s past environment and defining the envelope of natural climate variability within which we can assess anthropogenic impact on the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere. PAGES seeks the integration and intercomparison of ice, ocean, and terrestrial paleorecords and encourages the creation of consistent analytical and database methodologies within the paleosciences.
Industry:Earth science
An IGBP project directed at an assessment of:
fluxes of matter between land, sea and atmosphere through the coastal zone;
the responses of the land-sea interface to global change, particularl sea level rise; 244
the biogeochemical responses of coastal systems to global change, with emphasis on the carbon cycle and exchanges of certain atmospheric trace gases; and
socio-economic implications of the degradation of the coastal zone and the need for development of new policies for the integrated management of coastal environments. The project began in 1993 with the establishment of the International Project Office (IPO) at the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). The IPO is supported by the Dutch government and scheduled to run for ten years.
Industry:Earth science
An imaginary line connecting those points around the globe with the highest mean temperature for the given period. As such, the position of the thermal equator varies with the season. Due to the thermal inertia of the ocean, the position of this moves north and south with the Sun but is always between the Sun and the geographic equator. The mean position is north of the geographic equator due mainly to the majority of land masses being in the northern hemisphere.
Industry:Earth science
An index defined as the normalized winter pressure differential between the Icelandic Low and the Azores High centers of action. Low (high) NAO index values occur when sea level pressure is above (below) average in the vicinity of the subpolar Icelandic Low and below (above) average near the subtropical Azores High pressure cell.
Industry:Earth science
An index that is calculated to monitor the ENSO phenomenon. It is defined as the pressure anomaly at Tahiti minus the pressure anomaly at Darwin, Australia. Anomalously high pressure at Darwin and low pressure at Tahiti are indicative of El Nino conditions.
Industry:Earth science
An information acquisition and dissemination technology developed by the NOS that supports safe adn cost–efficient navigation by providing ship masters and pilots with accurate real–time information required to avoid groundings and collisions. PORTS provides real–time water levels, currents, and other oceanographic and meteorological data from bays and harbors to the maritime user community in a variety of formats. It also provides nowcasts and predictions of these parameters via the use of numerical circulation models.
Industry:Earth science
An initiative to develop a digital database containing all available bathymetric data north of 64 degrees north.
Industry:Earth science
