Aquarius Sea Surface Density
- Visualizations by:
- Cheng Zhang
- Scientific consulting by:
- Gene Feldman
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Sea surrface density is derived from Aquarius science products and generated by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Aquarius Data Processing System. It is very important because sea surface density drives formation of ocean water masses and three-dimensional ocean circulation. As water parcels sink and move through the ocean, their densities will be modified by mixing with other parcels of seawater. However, if the density signatures of all the end member water masses are known, this mixing can be "unraveled" to determine the proportions of their various source waters. This animation shows the changes of sea surface density from September 7, 2011 to May 20, 2015.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Animators
- Cheng Zhang (USRA) [Lead]
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist
- Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Datasets used in this visualization
Aquarius SSS (A.K.A. Sea Surface Salinity) (Collected with the Microwave Radiometer sensor)
Observed DataNASA
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.
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