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PaST Thesaurus Navigator

Use this page to navigate the Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) thesaurus and discover information about terms such as definitions, relations, and vocabulary hierarchies.


circulation variable(metaterm)
an earth system variable that describes or quantifies motion and related properties in the atmosphere or ocean.
ROOT > what > earth system variable > circulation variable
Measured Variable Terms
This page is used for exploring the WDS-Paleo controlled vocabulary for measured variables (PaST Thesaurus). A term's title and description will appear here. Terms marked as 'metaterm' are not searchable in the Variables Advanced Search, but serve to organize terms into a hierarchy.