Earth  ID: 2698

Sea Surface Wind Anomalies in North Atlantic (with Date)

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on February 3, 2003
Sea surface wind anomalies (based on QuikSCAT data) from 31 December 2003 illustrate the wind patterns that exist during a North Atlantic Oscillation. The wind data has been processed using the Variational Analysis Method (VAM).
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SS Wind Anomalies in the North Atlantic
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Video slate image reads "Wind Anomalies in the North Atlantic (with Date)

Data: QuikSCAT

Date (12/31/02)".

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
David Adamec (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Mission:
QuikSCAT

Data Used:
QuikSCAT/SeaWinds
12/31/2002
SeaWinds is a scanning dual pencil-beam Ku-band scatterometer.
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
SVS >> Sea Surface Wind
GCMD >> Location >> North Atlantic Ocean
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0