Earth ID: 4802

Earth Day 2020: Gulf Stream ocean current pull out to Earth observing fleet

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on April 21, 2020

This visualization was created to be one of the final shots of a video celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The camera starts under water off the coast of the Eastern United States showing layers of ocean currents from a computational model called ECCO-2. The camera slowly pulls back revealing the Gulf Stream, one of the most powerful ocean currents on Earth. The camera continues to pull back revealing NASA's Earth observing fleet.

The ocean currents are colored by depth from white (5 meters below the surface) down to dark blue (5906 meters below the surface). The color bar is non-linear; there are more levels near the surface than deeper.

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Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Visualizer
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Visualizer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Producer

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:

GTOPO30 Topography and Bathymetry

Data Compilation - USGS

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CelesTrak Spacecraft Orbit Ephemeris

Ephemeris

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ECCO2 High Resolution Ocean and Sea Ice Model also referred to as: ECCO2

Model - NASA/JPL

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This item is part of these series:
Earth Observing Fleet
Earth Day 2020

Keywords:
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Ocean Circulation >> Ocean Currents
SVS >> Orbit
SVS >> Hyperwall
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