The vertical cliff forming the seaward face of an ice shelf or other floating glacier varying in height from 2 to 50 meters above sea level. See also ICE WALL.
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SPREAD
The divergence of the air stream in a horizontal or vertical plane after it leaves the outlet.
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GROUNDED ICE
Floating ice which is aground in shoal water.
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GYROSCOPIC DRIFT
The horizontal rotation of the spin axis of a gyroscope about the vertical axis
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HEAVE
The oscillatory vertical rise and fall, due to the entire hull being lifted by the force of the sea. Also called HEAVING
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HEIGHT OF TIDE
Vertical distance from the chart sounding datum to the water surface at any stage of the tide. It is positive if the water level is higher than the chart sounding datum. The vertical distance from the chart sounding datum to a high water datum is called RISE OF TIDE.
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ICE OF LAND ORIGIN
Ice formed on land or in an ice shelf, found floating in water, including ice that is stranded or grounded
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HEELING ERROR INSTRUMENT
Heeling adjuster. Also called VERTICAL FORCE INSTRUMENT
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MODEL ATMOSPHERE
Any theoretical representation of the atmosphere, particularly of vertical temperature distribution.
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WICKING
The vertical absorption of a liquid into a porous material by capillary forces.
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ICE ISLAND
A large piece of floating ice showing about 5 meters above the sea surface, which has broken away from an ice shelf, having a thickness of 30 to 50 meters and an area of from a few thousand square meters to l50 square nautical miles or more; usually characterized by a regularly undulating surface which gives it a ribbed appearance from the air.
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