Earth  ID: 4234

Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity 2011-2014 - Rotating Globes

Visualizations by Kel Elkins Released on November 6, 2014
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3 years of sea surface salinity data displayed on a spinning globe focused on the northern hemisphere with date and color bar
The Aquarius spacecraft is designed to measure global sea surface salinity. It is important to understand salinity, the amount of dissolved salts in water, because it will lead us to better understanding of the water cycle and can lead to improved climate models. Aquarius is a collaboration between NASA and the Space Agency of Argentina

This visualization celebrates over three years of successful Aquarius observations. Sea surface salinity is shown on a spinning globe (with and without grid lines).

The range of time shown is September 2011 through September 2014. This visualization was generated based on version 3.0 of the Aquarius data products.

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3 years of sea surface salinity data displayed on a spinning globe (with grid lines) focused on the northern hemisphere with date and color bar
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3 years of sea surface salinity data displayed on a spinning globe with date and color bar
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3 years of sea surface salinity data displayed on a spinning globe (with grid lines) with date and color bar
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3 years of sea surface salinity data displayed on a spinning globe focused on the northern hemisphere. No dates or color bar
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Print resolution still of the oceans around Africa
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Print resolution still of the oceans around Asia
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Print resolution still of the oceans around the Americas
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Aquarius color bar showing salinity range from 30 to 40 PSU, going from blue to green to red
 

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For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aquarius/news/

Visualization Credits

Kel Elkins (USRA): Lead Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Gary Lagerloef (ESR): Scientist
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Norman Kuring (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:
Aquarius/Microwave Radiometer/Sea Surface Salinity also referred to as: SSS
Observed Data - NASA
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Aquarius

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Salinity/Density >> Salinity
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Earth Science Focus Areas >> Climate Variability and Change

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