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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