Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Other Search And Rescue Resources - Resources other than primary or secondary which participate in search and rescue activities when required. This includes civilian agencies, volunteers and partially Federal Government funded resources such as the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association. "ressources de recherche et sauvetage—autres"
Category: - SAR
Outboard - Away from the centerline, towards the side of a ship.
Category: - Maritime
Outlook - Intended to provide, in very general terms, an indication of the trend in the weather for one to three days beyond the current forecast.
Category: - Weather
Overboard - Outside; over the side of a ship, into the water.
Category: - Maritime - Risk
Overhang - That portion of the hull which is over and unsupported by the water.
Category: - Maritime
Overlay - A GIS operation in which layers with a common, registered map base are joined on the basis of their occupation of space.
Category: - GIS
Overlay Weighting - Any system for map overlay in which the separate thematic map layers are assigned unequal importance.
Category: - GIS
Ozone - A pungent-smelling, slightly bluish gas which is a close chemical cousin to molecular oxygen. About 90% of the earth's ozone is located in a natural layer far above the surface of the globe, in a frigid region of the atmosphere known as the stratosphere. Here in this outer region it protects the earth and its inhabitants from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
Category: - Weather
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