GEOSCIENCES

Includes geosciences (general); earth resources and remote sensing; energy production and conversion; environment pollution; geophysics; meteorology and climatology; and oceanography.

42 Geosciences (General)

Related Topics: See 43 through 48.

43 Earth Resources and Remote Sensing

+ 43-01 Earth Resources

Earth resources studies; the role of satellites in natural resource development, geology, agriculture, and forestry.

+ 43-02 Geodesy and Cartography

Geodetic positions; satellite surveying; geodetic applications; mapping techniques; analyzing methods; mapping systems. Related Topics: 48-01 Water Resources and Oceanography -- Water conservation and development; hydrology; remote sensing of floods, snow cover, ice; oceanography; other hydrospheric studies. 85-01 Urban Technology and Transportation -- Application of aerospace technology to the problem of cities; urban development, planning, research, and transportation; rail transportation; rapid transit systems; police services; water and sewage treatment; waste utilization; air, water, and noise pollution; pollution control; land use.

44 Energy Production and Conversion

+ 44-01 Energy Resources

Production, conversion, transmission, conservation of energy; solar energy conversion; wind power; remote survey of energy resources; hydrogen economy.

+ 44-02 Fuel Cells and Chemical Batteries

Types of fuel cells and chemical batteries; properties and uses; energy storage; chemical auxiliary power units; electrochemistry.

+ 44-03 Solar Space Power

Solar power technology; conversion and efficiency; solar dynamic power systems; auxiliary power sources.

+ 44-04 Nuclear Auxiliary Power

Nuclear auxiliary reactors; isotopic space power; specific SNAP systems.

45 Environment Pollution

+ 45-01 Environmental Pollution Control

Control applications of aerospace techniques including remote sensing, to all aspects of air, water, thermal, and environmental pollution; specific pollutants; noise; noise injuries; noise meters; atmospheric composition; water quality.

46 Geophysics

+ 46-01 Upper Earth Atmosphere

Earth atmosphere above the troposphere; ionospheric composition, phenomena, chemical reactions, and satellite measurement.

+ 46-02 Geology and Seismology

Earth geology, petrography, and orography; earthquake detection; measuring and recording instruments; theoretical models.

+ 46-03 Geomagnetism

Geomagnetic anomaly, fields, latitudes, pulsations, and storms; measuring and data transmitting instruments. Related Topics: 15-02 Sounding Rockets -- Meteorological observations from the upper atmosphere by radiosondes; rocket-borne instruments; atmospheric physics.

47 Meteorology and Climatology

+ 47-01 Meteorological Satellites

Meteosat; NOAA; Nimbus; Tiros; meteorological data from satellites. Related Topics: 90-01 Gravitation -- Gravitation theory, effects, and fields; equations and potential; antigravity; gravitational collapse; gravity gradient control of satellites; geophysical gravitational fields. 93-03 Radiation Belts -- Inner and outer radiation belts; Van Allen Belt; artificial radiation belts; geomagnetically trapped particles; proton belts; trapped radiation.

+ 47-02 Weather Forecasting

Methods and instruments of weather data acquisition and processing; theory and methods of weather prediction.

+ 47-03 Micrometeorology

Smallest scale observation of physical and dynamic occurrences within the surface boundary layer of the atmosphere including turbulence, air pollution, and launch conditions.

+ 47-04 Cloud Research

Types of cloud formation; cloud physics; nephanalysis; cloud seeding.

+ 47-05 Meteorological Instruments

Types of meteorological instruments; uses and specifications; measuring and recording instruments; meteorological parameters. Related Topics: 15-02 Sounding Rockets -- Meteorological observation from the upper atmosphere by radiosondes; rocket-borne instruments; atmospheric physics. 46-01 Upper Earth Atmosphere -- Earth atmosphere above the troposphere; ionospheric composition, phenomena, chemical reaction, and satellite measurement.

48 Oceanography

+ 48-01 Water Resources and Oceanography

Water conservation and development; hydrology; remote sensing of floods, snow cover, ice, oceanography; other hydrosphere studies.

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