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Echo Sounders
echo sounders
Echo sounders
Devices that use sound waves to measure the depth of surface water bodies.
ecosystems
ecosystem
Ecosystem
Ecosystems
the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit


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EDL
Entry, Descent and Landing
El Nino
Warm-water conditions off the western tropical coasts of the Americas, occurring irregularly but usually around Christmastime, caused by weakening trade winds and causing depleted fisheries, heavier-than-normal rain in the central and eastern Pacific, and drought in the western Pacific.


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emissions
emission
Emission
Emissions
The production of light, or more generally, electromagnetic radiation by an atom or other object.


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EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
EOS Data and Information System
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Ephemeris
ephermeris
An ephemeris is a tabulation of computed positions and velocities (and/or various derived quantities such as right ascension and declination) of an orbiting body at specific times. The plural form of ephemeris is ephemerides. In the context of this web-site, solar system bodies are implied.


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EPO
E/PO
Education and Public Outreach

Education and Public Outreach. See Opportunities in Science Mission Directorate Education and Public Outreach.

equilibrium

the state where conditions in a fluid are uniform or changing only slowly

ESA
European Space Agency
ESIP
Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
ESMD
Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
ESSP
Earth System Science Pathfinder
ESTO
Earth Science Technology Office

From instruments to data access, the NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) develops technologies that enable a full range of scientific measurements, operational requirements, and practical applications that benefit society at large.

extra solar planets
Extra solar planets
Planets around stars other than the Sun.


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