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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 hypothetical N-dimensional manifold (i.e. surface) embedded in the 3N-dimensional phase space of a primitive equation model that is devoid of gravity waves. This has been called the Holy Grail of initialization schemes for weather forecasting since if a numerical weather prediction model could be initialized with observations filtered to retain just their components on the slow manifold, then the large-amplitude gravity waves that have wrecked numerical forecasts since Richardson would no longer be a problem. The concept was introduced by Leith (1980) and is reviewed by Boyd (1995).
Industry:Earth science
A hypothetical, global, and continuous sea-level surface perpendicular to the direction of gravity at all points.
Industry:Earth science
A Japanese programtaking place on the Hakuho Maru from Jan. 11–Feb. 5, 1991.
Industry:Earth science
A Japanese research program taking place on the vessel Hakuho Maru from Jan. 11–Feb. 5, 1991.
Industry:Earth science
A jet-like northward looping extension of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current located in the southwest Atlantic Ocean. The cold waters of this current form an intense front with the warm waters of the Brazil Current as it separates from the continental shelf at around 35° S. This is also called the Falkland Current.
Industry:Earth science
A joint European funded project for an interdisciplinary study of the vertical fluxes of through the water column and the surface and bottom boundaries based on the integrated application of new measuring techniques, new advances in turbulence theory, and new models.
Industry:Earth science
GOOS, co-sponsored by IOC/UNESCO, WMO, UNEP and ICSU, is a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services worldwide. GOOS provides accurate descriptions of the present state of the oceans, including living resources; continuous forecasts of the future conditions of the sea for as far ahead as possible, and the basis for forecasts of climate change.
GOOS is a system of programmes, each of which is working on different and complementary aspects of establishing an operational ocean observation capability for all of the world's nations. UN sponsorship and UNESCO assemblies assure that international cooperation is always the first priority of the Global Ocean Observing Sytem.
http://www.ioc-goos.org
Industry:Earth science
A Joint Institute formed in 1977 between the University of Hawaii and the NOAA ERL. The purpose of JIMAR is to increase the effectiveness of oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical research of mutual interest to NOAA and the University, with the principal research interests being equatorial oceanography, tsunamis, fisheries oceanography, and climate and global change.
Industry:Earth science
A Joint Institute formed in 1980 between the University of Washington and the NOAA ERL. This was established in 1980 and has five core research areas: (1) climate variability; (2) global environmental chemistry; (3) estuaries; (4) recruitment of fish stock; and (5) policy, impact and response strategies with respect to climate variability.
Industry:Earth science
A joint meteorological–oceanographic experiment carried out in the northwestern Pacific Ocean during November and December 1980. The purpose was to examine the response of the atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers to the passage of storms.
Industry:Earth science
