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Topics in the Encyc. of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences


This is a list of the major topic headings in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Sybil B. Parker, ed., McGraw-Hill, 1980. This encyclopedia focuses mainly on descriptive oceanography, meteorology and climatology. The items dealing with dynamical processes are fairly general.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


A

aeronautical meteorology
agricultural meteorology
air
air mass
air pressure
air temperature
air-velocity measurement
airglow
albedo
alkali emissions
anemometer
Antarctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
atmosphere
atmosphere, evolution of
atmospheric chemistry
atmospheric electricity
atmospheric general circulation
atmospheric ozone
atmospheric pollution
atmospheric tides
atoll
aurora

B

backing wind
Baltic Sea
baroclinic field
barometer
barotropic field
Bass Strait
Bering Sea
bioclimatology
Black Sea
Brocken specter

C

capillary wave
Caribbean Sea
chinook
clear-air turbulence
climate modification
climatic change
climatic prediction
climatology
cloud
cloud physics
continental shelf and slope
continentality
Coriolis acceleration and force
cosmic rays
crop micrometeorology
cyclone

D

deep-sea fauna
degree-day
delta
dew
dew point
diving
diving physiology
drought
dust storm

E

earth sciences
earth tides
echo sounder
estuarine oceanography
evapotranspiration

F

fog
front
frost

G

geomagnetic storm
geomagnetism
geophysics
geostrophic wind
glaciology
gradient wind
greenhouse effect
groundwater
Gulf of California
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Stream

H

hail
halo
halocline
halogen atmospheric chemistry
humidity
hurricane
hydrology
hydrometeorology
hydrosphere
hydrospheric geochemistry
hygrometer

I

ice island
iceberg
Indian Ocean
industrial meteorology
insolation
internal wave
ionosphere
isentropic surfaces
isobar
isopycnic
isotach
isothermal chart

J

jet stream

K

Nothing here.

L

lightning

M

magnetosphere
marine biological sampling
marine ecosystem
marine fisheries
marine geology
marine influence on weather and climate
marine microbiology
marine mining
marine resources
marine sediments
Mediterranean Sea
mesosphere
meteorological instrumentation
meteorological optics
meteorological rockets
meteorological satellites
meteorological solenoid
meteorology
micrometeorology
millibar
mirage
moisture-content measurement
monsoon

N

naval meteorology
nearshore processes
noctilucent clouds
North Sea
Northwest Passage

O

ocean-atmosphere relations
ocean currents
ocean waves
oceanic islands
oceanographic platforms
oceanographic submersibles
oceanographic vessels
oceanography
oceans
oceans and seas

P

Pacific Ocean
polar meteorology
precipitation
precipitation gauges
psychrometer
psychrometrics

Q

Nothing here.

R

radar meteorology
radiation
radioactive fallout
rain shadow
rainbow
Red Sea
river
river tides

S

saline evaporite
saltmarsh
Sargasso Sea
scattering layer
sea
sea ice
sea-level datum planes
sea-level fluctuations
sea state
sea water
sea-water fertility
seamount and guyot
seiche
sensible temperature
sferics
sirocco
smog
snow
snow gage
snow line
snow surveying
snowfield and neve
sofar
solar constant
solar energy
sonar
sonobuoy
Southeast Asian waters
squall
squall line
storm
storm detection
storm surge
stratosphere
submarine canyon
sun
sundog
sunshine-duration transmitter
surface water

T

temperature-humidity index
temperature inversion
temperature measurement
terrestrial atmospheric heat balance
terrestrial frozen water
terrestrial radiation
thermocline
thunder
thunderstorm
tidal bore
tide
tornado
transient geomagnetic variations
tropical meteorology
tropopause
troposphere
tsunami
turbidity current

U

underwater photography
underwater sound
underwater television
upper-atmosphere dynamics
upper synoptic air waves
upwelling

V

Van Allen radiation
veering wind
vortex

W

water table
waterspout
weather
weather forecasting and prediction
weather map
weather modification
weather station
wind
wind measurement
wind rose
wind-shift line
wind stress
wind stress over sea

X

Nothing here.

Y

Nothing here.

Z

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