CERES Thesaurus
Draft, 7/96
Physical and Earth Sciences
     
a) Atmosphere (climatology, weather) 
- clouds
- pressure/temperature    
- precipitation     
- gases
	- greenhouse
- water vapor     
- winds
- heat budget
- evaporation
- aerosols (suspended solids, particulates) 
- paleoclimate	
     
b) Water (hydrosphere)
- marine  (saline)
	- physical oceanography
		- bathymetry
		- circulation
		- marine geophysics
		- ocean chemistry
		- ocean temperature
		- ocean pressure
		- salinity/density
		- optics
		- tides
		- waves
	- bays
	- estuaries
     
- surface waters (fresh)     
	- lakes (limnology)     
	- rivers (limnology)
	- wetlands     
- ground water (fresh)
- snow and ice
	- glaciers
	- snow depth
     
     
c) Earth
- geomorphology
- soils
- topography
- geodetics
- rocks and minerals
- earthquakes (seismology)
- geochemistry
- geophysical fields
	- magnetic
	- electric
	- gravity
     
d) Physical processes
- erosion
- sedimentation
- flooding
- storms
	- tropical storms
	- tropical depressions
     
- tectonics
- volcanoes (vulcanism)
- geothermal
- coastal processes 
- electromagnetic radiation
	- solar
- fire
- drought