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Record 1 2026-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

A stamukha(plural stamukhi) is a thick hummocked grounded ice formation formed from floe bergs and other hummocked grounded ice fragments. They are distinguished by a large height(up to 10 m and more above sea level) and steep slopes.

OBS

stamukhi; stamukhas: plural.

Key term(s)
  • stamukhi
  • stamukhas

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

L'immobilité de la formation est favorisée par d'énormes blocs de vieille glace empilée, qui s'échouent sur les fonds de moins de 20 mètres et qui durant l'hiver servent de piliers stables au dallage du pripaj; ces piliers temporaires s'appellent stamukhi.

OBS

stamoukhas; stamoukhi; stamukhi : pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • stamoukhi
  • stamoukhas
  • stamukhi

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

The weather as observed from a ship at sea, usually taken in accordance with procedures specified by the World Meteorological Organization.

OBS

The following elements are usually included : total cloud amount; wind direction and speed; visibility; current weather; pressure; temperature; selected cloud-layer data, that is, amount, type, and height; pressure tendency; seawater temperature; dew point temperature; state of the sea(waves) ;sea ice; and icing onboard ship. Also included are the date and time, and the name, position, course, and speed of the ship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
Key term(s)
  • observation météo maritime

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Orbital Stations
  • Glaciology
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
OBS

The ICESat-2 mission will provide elevation measurements over the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets to quantify changes in ice-sheet mass, the mechanisms that drive that change(variations in accumulation, changes in ice melt, or ice flow acceleration/deceleration), and the impact of these changes on future global sea level; monitor changes in sea-ice thickness to examine ice-ocean-atmosphere exchanges of energy, mass, and moisture; and measure vegetation canopy height as a basis for estimating large-scale biomass and biomass change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Stations orbitales
  • Glaciologie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
OBS

Le satellite ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2) […] mesurera quant à lui l'élévation de la glace autour du monde à l'aide d'un laser de haute précision. Ainsi, la NASA cherche à déterminer si une accumulation de neige et de glace peut être observée sur la calotte glaciaire et les glaciers, mais également si la glace des banquises s'amincit.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
CONT

The game of curling is played with circular curling stones made of granite. Very precise specifications govern the size and shape of the rocks. No curling stone shall be greater in weight than 44 pounds(19. 95 kilograms) or greater in circumference than 36 inches(91. 44 centimeters), which means a diameter of 11. 46 inches(29. 19 centimeters). The height of a stone shall not be less than 4. 5 inches(11. 4 centimeters). The part of the stone that is held during the delivery is called the handle. The striking edge is a band around the circumference where one rock contacts another. The bottom of the curling rock does not entirely contact the ice surface. In fact, the stone is ground like a shallow cup on the bottom so only the lip of the cup is actually in contact with the ice. This riding surface, or cup, is 5 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch wide.

CONT

The striking edge of a curling rock or stone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
CONT

Au curling, on se sert de pierres circulaires faites de granite. Des spécifications très précises réglementent la forme et la grosseur des pierres. Le poids maximum est de 44 lb (19,95 kg), la circonférence maximale de 36 po (91,44 cm) indiquant un diamètre d'au plus 11,46 po (29,19 cm). La hauteur de la pierre doit être d'au moins 4,5 po (11,4 cm). La partie de la pierre par laquelle on la tient durant le lancer s'appelle poignée. La circonférence extérieure maximale, là où les pierres s'entrechoquent, s'appelle couronne. Ce n'est pas toute la surface du dessous de la pierre qui touche à la glace. Seul le pourtour entre en contact avec la glace. En fait, les pierres ont été aiguisées et la surface du dessous est concave. La surface de glissement appelée la bordure, mesure 5 po (12,5 cm) de diamètre et 1/8 po (0,30 cm) de largeur.

CONT

La couronne d'une pierre de curling.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
CONT

The game of curling is played with circular curling stones made of granite. Very precise specifications govern the size and shape of the rocks. No curling stone shall be greater in weight than 44 pounds(19. 95 kilograms) or greater in circumference than 36 inches(91. 44 centimeters), which means a diameter of 11. 46 inches(29. 19 centimeters). The height of a stone shall not be less than 4. 5 inches(11. 4 centimeters). The part of the stone that is held during the delivery is called the handle. The striking edge is a band around the circumference where one rock contacts another. The bottom of the curling rock does not entirely contact the ice surface. In fact, the stone is ground like a shallow cup on the bottom so only the lip of the cup is actually in contact with the ice. This riding surface, or cup, is 5 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch wide.

OBS

The expressions "lip of a cup," "lip of a stone," "lip of a rock," "edge of a stone," "edge of a rock," "cup of a stone," "cup of a rock," all refer to that same shallow circular part of the bottom of a curling rock in contact with the ice.

Key term(s)
  • lip of a cup
  • lip of a stone
  • lip of a rock
  • edge of a stone
  • edge of a rock
  • cup of a stone
  • cup of a rock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
CONT

Au curling, on se sert de pierres circulaires faites de granite. Des spécifications très précises réglementent la forme et la grosseur des pierres. Le poids maximum est de 44 lb (19,95 kg), la circonférence maximale de 36 po (91,44 cm) indiquant un diamètre d'au plus 11,46 po (29,19 cm). La hauteur de la pierre doit être d'au moins 4,5 po (11,4 cm). La partie de la pierre par laquelle on la tient durant le lancer s'appelle poignée. La circonférence extérieure maximale, là où les pierres s'entrechoquent, s'appelle couronne. Ce n'est pas toute la surface du dessous de la pierre qui touche à la glace. Seul le pourtour entre en contact avec la glace. En fait, les pierres ont été aiguisées et la surface du dessous est concave. La surface de glissement appelée la bordure, mesure 5 po (12,5 cm) de diamètre et 1/8 po (0,30 cm) de largeur.

OBS

Qu'on parle du «pourtour d'une pierre» ou de la «bordure d'une pierre», il s'agit de cette mince portion circulaire de la surface du dessous de la pierre seule en contact avec la glace.

Key term(s)
  • pourtour d'une pierre
  • bordure d'une pierre

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
CONT

The game of curling is played with circular curling stones made of granite. Very precise specifications govern the size and shape of the rocks. No curling stone shall be greater in weight than 44 pounds(19. 95 kilograms) or greater in circumference than 36 inches(91. 44 centimeters), which means a diameter of 11. 46 inches(29. 19 centimeters). The height of a stone shall not be less than 4. 5 inches(11. 4 centimeters). The part of the stone that is held during the delivery is called the handle. The striking edge is a band around the circumference where one rock contacts another. The bottom of the curling rock does not entirely contact the ice surface. In fact, the stone is ground like a shallow cup on the bottom so only the lip of the cup is actually in contact with the ice. This riding surface, or cup, is 5 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch wide.

OBS

rock: term most frequently used in Canada.

OBS

granite stone: Expression used to specify that the stone is made of granite and to distinguish it from stones make of iron or hone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
CONT

Au curling, on se sert de pierres circulaires faites de granite. Des spécifications très précises réglementent la forme et la grosseur des pierres. Le poids maximum est de 44 lb (19,95 kg), la circonférence maximale de 36 po (91,44 cm) indiquant un diamètre d'au plus 11,46 po (29,19 cm). La hauteur de la pierre doit être d'au moins 4,5 po (11,4 cm). La partie de la pierre par laquelle on la tient durant le lancer s'appelle poignée. La circonférence extérieure maximale, là où les pierres s'entrechoquent, s'appelle couronne. Ce n'est pas toute la surface du dessous de la pierre qui touche à la glace. Seul le pourtour entre en contact avec la glace. En fait, les pierres ont été aiguisées et la surface du dessous est concave. La surface de glissement appelée la bordure, mesure 5 po (12,5 cm) de diamètre et 1/8 po (0,30 cm) de largeur.

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A large mass of ice, often domed, reaching to about 1000 m height and 100 km width, resting on rock.

CONT

The ice rise has a dome form with low surface slopes and low flow rates, resulting in a smooth ice surface which has low radar backscatter and appears dark in the imagery.

OBS

ice rise: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

La trace remonte un vallon morainique, puis s'élève plus franchement sur la langue terminale du glacier du Grand-Paradis. Au loin, le soleil éclaire les cimes du Mont-Blanc et de la Vanoise, l'air est frais, et nous nous élevons rapidement sur de grandes croupes glaciaires.

CONT

L'île est divisée par un isthme étroit en deux massifs : l'un est une croupe de glace haute de 130 mètres, aux parois raides [...]

OBS

croupe: Sommet de forme ronde ou arête de forme arrondie.

OBS

croupe glaciaire : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Polar Geography
CONT

Greenland claims the second largest ice cap in the world, smaller only than Antarctica's on the other side of the globe. The ice cap reaches a maximum height of 3700 m at Gunnbjorn, while the land under the ice is pressed into a concave basin, extending to altitudes below sea level. Ice-free land is restricted to the coastal fringes, which is considered in two biogeographic divisions : the high and the low arctic tundra.

OBS

ice-free land: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géographie du froid
CONT

L'étude se situe dans la région libre de glace du Zackenberg, dans le Parc national du nord-est du Groenland. La végétation y est dominée par des graminées et des arbrisseaux nains, tels que le saule arctique, la dryade à huit pétales, ou la myrtille des marais.

CONT

Au Groenland, plus de la moitié de la zone libre de glace est constituée de roches précambriennes, la plupart du temps du granite et [du] gneiss.

CONT

Cette zone sans glace, tapissée d'une mince couche de toundra qui a donné son nom à l'île (Groenland : « le Pays Vert »), large tout au plus d'une centaine de kilomètres, est prise entre l'inlandsis (glace du pays intérieur) et les icebergs qui dérivent tout au long de l'année.

OBS

région extraglaciaire : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A rugged, irregular wall of broken floating ice buckled upward by the lateral pressure of wind or current forcing or squeezing one floe against another.

CONT

Børge Ousland, a Norwegian explorer and deep-sea diver by profession, ... would have to conquer more than 600 miles of drifting ice on the open sea, fighting the severe cold and other inhospitable conditions, and navigate through pressure ridges formed by huge colliding blocks of ice ...

OBS

[This floating ice] may be fresh or weathered, and extend many kilometers in length and up to 30 m in height.

Key term(s)
  • ridge of pressure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Bossellement linéaire de la banquise sous l'effet de la compression.

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The MLS detects naturally occurring microwave thermal emissions from Earth's limb to create vertical profiles of atmospheric gasses, temperature, pressure and cloud ice. MLS looks 90° from the angle of UARS’ [Upper Atmosphere Research Statellite] orbit. Thermal radiation enters the instrument through a three-mirror antenna system. The antenna mechanically scans in the vertical plane through the atmospheric limb every 65. 5 seconds. The scan covers a height range from the surface up to 90 km(55 miles). Upon entering the instrument, the signal from the antenna is separated into three signals for processing by different radiometers. The 63-GHz radiometer measures temperature and pressure. The 183-GHz radiometer measures water vapor and ozone. The 205-GHz radiometer measures ClO, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitric acid and water vapor.

OBS

microwave limb sounder: MLS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Capteur passif utilisé pour le sondage au limbe en hyperfréquence.

CONT

[Le] MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder) s'intéresse à la concentration dans l'atmosphère d'espèces chimiques qui contribuent à la destruction de la couche d'ozone.

OBS

sondeur au limbe en hyperfréquence; MLS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The InSAR technique exploits the phase difference successive SAR observations and requires the information of an "interferogram" from two Single Look Complex (SLC) SAR images of the same scene acquired at different time.

CONT

Using the INSAR technique, it is possible to produce directly from SAR image data, detailed and accurate three-dimensional height maps of the Earth's surface topography. In addition, an extension of the basic technique, known as Differential INSAR(DINSAR), allows the detection of very small(centimetre-scale) motion of the land surface within an image. Furthermore, INSAR is emerging as a powerful tool for the detection of changes of land surface through the use of phase coherence. These possibilities open up many new potential applications of space-borne SAR data in the areas of cartography, volcanology, geomorphology, ice/glacial motion and land surface classification.

OBS

interferometric synthetic aperture radar technique; InSAR technique: terms officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 TerminologyApproval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
CONT

La technique d'interférométrie SAR (InSAR) [permet de traiter] deux images radar (satellitaires ou aéroportées) acquises soit de [deux] points de vue différents soit à des [moments] différents. [Cette technique repose sur] l'hypothèse fondamentale [...] que la contribution interne, liée aux propriétés physiques, géométriques et diélectriques des cibles, demeure stable entre les [...] prises de vue. Si cette hypothèse est vérifiée, alors l'interférogramme révèle des systèmes de franges liés à la topographie (sensibilité de quelques dizaines de mètres dépendant de l'écart orbital entre les prises de vue) ainsi qu'à la déformation de surface (précision de quelques mm).

OBS

technique d'interférométrie SAR; technique InSAR : termes uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

fall streaks : ... falling ice crystals that evaporate before reaching the ground.

CONT

Fall streaks form when snowflakes and ice crystals fall from cirrus clouds. The change in wind with height and how quickly these ice crystals fall determine the shapes and sizes the fall streaks attain. Since ice crystals fall much more slowly than raindrops, fall streaks tend to be stretched out horizontally as well as vertically. Cirrus streaks may be nearly straight, shaped like a comma, or seemingly all tangled together. Similar to fall streaks is virga, which appears as streamers suspended in the air beneath the base of precipitating clouds.

CONT

A Fall streaks are the wisps that can sometimes be seen falling below high, thin cirrus clouds. They are ice crystals that fall out of the cloud but evaporate as they fall into drier air below. Fall streaks are analogous to another phenomenon known as "virga," which is rain falling from lower clouds and evaporating before it reaches the ground.

OBS

fallstreak; fall streak: terms usually used in the plural (fallstreaks; fall streaks).

Key term(s)
  • fall-streak
  • fallstreaks
  • fall streaks
  • fall-streaks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Cirrus (Ci). Traînées filamenteuses de délicats nuages blancs formés de cristaux de glace et qui ressortent sur le bleu du ciel. Ils peuvent avoir de nombreuses formes : celles de flocons isolés, de panaches en forme de plumes ou de traînées de cristaux de glace en chute dans la direction des vents. [...] Le cirrus est un nuage générateur de précipitations, mais celles-ci s'évaporent avant d'atteindre le sol.

OBS

traînée de cristaux de glace : terme fréquemment utilisé au pluriel (traînées de cristaux de glace).

Key term(s)
  • traînées de cristaux de glace

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A mass of ice rising to a considerable height above the general level of a floe, and forming a part of it.

OBS

Hummocks are generally raised by the pressure of floes against each other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Monticule de glace marine (de hauteur métrique) formé par des crêtes de pression.

OBS

Le processus de formation de monticules de glace sous l'effet de la pression est parfois appelé «hummockage».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 14 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

A mat of vegetation consisting of low, spreading or creeping plants.

CONT

The smallest plant category by size is ground cover. The term "ground cover" is used to describe any low or spreading plant material that reaches a maximum height of 6(15 cm) to 12 in(30 cm). Ground cover is found with a variety of characteristics, from flowering to nonflowering and from woody to herbaceous. Examples of ground cover include English ivy(Hedera helix), myrtle(Vinca minor), pachysandra(Pachysandra terminalis), and common ice plant(Carpobrotus edulis). Ground cover can be thought of as the vegetative "rug" or floor material of an outdoor space....

OBS

Lawn is also a type of ground cover.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
OBS

Le substantif "couvre-sol" n'a pas été attesté dans ce sens, mais semble plausible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Horticultura
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Record 15 1994-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)

Spanish

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