Updated ECCO (2014)
This visualization shows a view of looking down on a virtual (computer model) ocean from space as if you could:
see the upper one meter of ocean surface current speed;
speed up time by x86400, so that one second of elapsed time is equal to one day;
* see down to about one kilometer horizontal resolution.
The period of the visualization covers September 2011 through January 2012. The numerical formulation includes ocean circulation and tidal forcing and uses atmospheric state from reanalysis at a global resolution of about ¼ degree.
Source: ECCO model
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Animator
- Christopher E. Henze (NASA/ARC)
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Scientist
- Dimitris Menemenlis (NASA/JPL CalTech)
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Project support
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Datasets used in this visualization
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ECCO3 High Resolution Ocean and Sea Ice Model
ID: 802
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Read moreThis simulation shows sea surface speed in ultra-high resolution. Several oceanic characteristics are included in the simulation and are visible in its output; including tides, atmospheric pressure forcing, diurnal cycles, and dynamic/thermodynamic sea ice . The model has a .75 to 2.2 km horizontal grid spacing and 90 vertical levels, with 1-m vertical levels near the surface. The full 3D grid is output at hourly intervals.Yellow shades represent relatively fast sea surface speeds, while red shades represent slower speeds. The simulation was carried out using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model (mitgcm.org) by the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) group. Credits: C. Hill, G. Forget (MIT)C. Henze, B. Nelson, B. Ciotti (Ames)D. Menemenlis (JPL)A. Chaudhuri (AER)MITgcm/ECCO developers and usersSGI and NAS computer scientists and engineers ||
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