Magnetometer

Magnetometer

A remote sensing instrument capable of identifying sub-surface archaeological features by measuring the difference in their magnetic properties against the surrounding soils.

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magnetometer

Weather; Meteorology

General name for an instrument that measures the earth's magnetic field intensity. See sine galvanometer.

magnetometer

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

An electronic device for detecting small anomalies in the earth's magnetic field. Can be used to explore certain subsurface characteristics of an archaeological site prior to ...

magnetometer

Engineering; Electronic engineering

An instrument for measuring the strength and direction of magnetic fields.

magnetometer

Physics; Electromagnetism

An instrument for measuring the strength and direction of the Earth's magnetic field is called as magnetometer.

magnetometer

Astronomy; Planetary science

Sensitive scientific instrument used to measure the intensity at various points of Earth's (or another planetary body's) magnetic field.

magnetometer

Archaeology; General archaeology

An electronic device for detecting small anomalies in the earth's magnetic field. Can be used to explore certain subsurface characteristics of an archaeological site prior to ...

placer

Earth science; Oceanography

A layer of minerals laid down by flowing water. People who pan for gold search through placers.

reef

Earth science; Oceanography

An underwater ridge of rock that rises up to or near the surface. Reefs are important ecosystems that provide home for sea life.

aquascape

Earth science; Oceanography

A scenic view of a body of water; an area having a natural or constructed aquatic feature (as a pond or fountain).

equatorial rossby wave

Earth science; Oceanography

An equatorially trapped westward propagating wave that moves due to isentropic gradients of potential vorticity. The meridional velocity of the n'th mode of these waves has the ...

blackbody radiator

Earth science; Oceanography

A hypothetical, ideal radiator that totally absorbs and reemits all energy incident upon it. Actual objects only approach this ideal.

shear instability

Earth science; Oceanography

An instability of an unbounded parallel shear flow to the growth and nonlinear development of waves with phase speed in the along flow direction approximately equal to the speed ...