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<term name="ocean temperature" id="t817">
  <scope-note>
    Includes discussion and measures of both in situ
    and potential temperature.  Distribution of heat
    in the oceans, including surface water,
    thermocline and mode waters, and deep waters.
  </scope-note>
  <related-term name="atmospheric sciences" idref="t66"/>
  <related-term name="ocean sciences" idref="t816"/>
  <used-for name="temperature (ocean)"/>
  <term name="sea surface temperature" id="t1025">
      <scope-note>
        Includes temperature data obtained in situ or by
        remote sensing methods.  Observed temperature of
        surface ocean waters, typically encompassing the
        entire mixed layer but some observational methods
        may measure a much smaller depth range.
      </scope-note>
      <related-term name="AVHRR" idref="t72"/>
      <used-for name="temperature (sea surface)"/>
  </term>
</term>

<term name="ocean waves" id="t820">
  <scope-note>
    Oscillatory movement of water in the ocean
    manifested by an alternate rise and fall
    of a surface in or on the water.
    [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
  </scope-note>
  <related-term name="ocean sciences" idref="t816"/>
  <used-for name="water waves"/>
  <used-for name="ocean wave measurement">
    <with name="field inventory and monitoring" idref="t373"/>
  </used-for>
  <term name="tsunamis" id="t1193">
    <scope-note>
      Series of catastrophic ocean waves
      generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
      or landslides beneath the sea. [Concise
      Columbia Electronic Encyc., 1999]
    </scope-note>
    <related-term name="geologic and hydrologic processes" idref="t449"/>
    <related-term name="hazards" idref="t529"/>
    <related-term name="ocean sciences" idref="t816"/>
    <related-term name="seismology" idref="t1048"/>
    <used-for name="tidal waves"/>
    <used-for name="tsunami preparedness">
      <with name="hazard preparedness" idref="t528"/>
    </used-for>
  </term>
</term>

Metadata structure and keywords in online data catalogs
Building a National Knowledge Bank for CMGP 23-Apr-2002
Peter Schweitzer, U.S. Geological Survey