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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A lead between the fast ice and the pack ice.

OBS

pack ice: Term used in a wide sense to include any area of sea ice, other than fast ice, no matter what form it takes or how it is disposed.

OBS

fast ice : Sea ice which forms and remains fast along the coast, where it is attached to the shore, to an ice wall, to an ice front, between shoals or grounded icebergs.

OBS

lead: Any fracture or passage-way through sea ice which is navigable by surface vessels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Passage entre le pack et une banquise côtière accessible aux navires de surface [...]

CONT

[Un chenal est] toute fracture ou passage à travers la glace de mer accessible à un navire de surface. Si le passage se trouve entre la glace dérivante et le rivage, il s'agit d'un chenal côtier. S'il se trouve entre la glace dérivante et une banquise côtière, c'est un chenal de séparation.

OBS

La «banquise côtière» désigne la glace de mer rattachée à la côte; peut être formée sur place à partir de l'eau de mer ou provenir du gel du pack; dans certains cas, elle n'a que quelques mètres mais elle peut s'étendre à plusieurs centaines de kilomètres du littoral. Le «pack» ou la «banquise» est un terme utilisé au sens large pour désigner toute glace de mer autre que la banquise côtière.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

A hot, sand-and dust-laden wind from between southeast and southwest that blows in front of a depression on the southeast coast of Spain but extends only a few miles inland.

OBS

A name for the sirocco in Spain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Vent sec, violent et étouffant qui souffle d'entre le sud-est et le sud-ouest sur les côtes sud-est de l'Espagne.

OBS

C'est l'équivalent du sirocco et il peut souffler avec violence à Oran.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
DEF

One of the western boundary currents of the North Pacific subtropical gyre.

OBS

A deep, narrow, and swift current, it continues from the Philippines Current in a northeastward direction from Taiwan along the continental rise of the East China Sea, through Tokara Strait, and close to the eastern coast of Japan. At 35°N it separates from the coast and flows eastward into the Pacific as a free jet known as the Kuroshio Extension. It forms a marked temperature and salinity front with the Oyashio, which meets the Kuroshio Extension from the north and then flows parallel to it. Like all other western boundary currents, the Kuroshio develops instabilities and sheds eddies. Its unique characteristic is that south of Honshu it switches between three quasi-stable paths across the Izu Ridge at irregular intervals of 18 months to several years. Volume transport in the Kuroshio increases downstream and reaches 57 Sv... in the Kuroshio Extension, increasing seasonally by 15% during summer. The current's path in the extension is characterized by large meridional excursions in the so-called First and Second Crest at 145° and 152°E. On approaching the Shatsky Rise at 157°E, the Kuroshio Extension divides into several paths that tend to recombine before the Emperor Seamounts near 170°E cause the current to split again and disintegrate. The flow then continues as the North Pacific Current.

OBS

Black Stream: It’s also sometimes known as the Black Stream-the English translation of kuroshio, and an allusion to the deep blue of its water-and also as the Japan Current.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
DEF

Courant océanique se mouvant vers le nord-est de Formose à Riukiu et près de la côte du Japon aussi loin que la latitude de 35 degrés nord.

CONT

Le courant de Kuroshio ou courant de Kuro-Shivo est le second plus grand courant marin au monde (après le Gulf Stream). Il débute dans l'ouest de l'océan Pacifique au large de la côte orientale de Taiwan et se dirige vers les eaux au nord-est du Japon où il fusionne avec la dérive orientale du courant du Nord Pacifique. Il a un rôle analogue à celui du Gulf Stream dans l'océan Atlantique, transportant des eaux chaudes tropicales vers le Nord et les régions polaires.

OBS

Ce courant est aussi appelé courant du Japon ou courant Noir, la traduction littérale du japonais kuroshio, allusion à la couleur bleu sombre de ses eaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
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Record 4 2005-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

A polynya between pack ice and the coast, or between pack ice and an ice front, and formed by currents or by wind.

OBS

Sometimes the polynya is limited on one side by the coast and is called a shore polynya or by fast ice and is called a flaw polynya.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Polynie formée le long d'une côte soit par le vent, soit par le courant.

OBS

Parfois, la polynie est limitée sur un de ses côtés par le rivage, c'est une polynie côtière ou par la banquise côtière, on l'appelle alors polynie de séparation.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Back Cover Subsystem(BCSS). The Back Cover protects the DM [descent module] during entry, ensures depressurisation during launch and carries multi-layer insulation(MLI) for the cruise and coast phases. Since it does not have to meet stringent aerothermodynamic requirements, it is a stiffened aluminium shell of minimal mass(11. 4 kg) protected by Prosial(5 kg). It includes : an access door for late access during integration and for forced-air ground cooling of the Probe; a break-out patch through which the first(drogue) parachute is fired; a labyrinth sealing joint with the Front Shield, providing a non-structural thermal and particulate barrier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

Any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Mammifère aquatique vivant dans les eaux côtières de l'Atlantique tropical et dans les fleuves qui s'y jettent. Genre trichechus; famille des trichéchidés, ordre des siréniens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
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