The Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA’s Goddard Flight Center has released its latest visualization of sea surface winds from space.
Satellite data can be used to observe the dramatic ebb and flow of the our planet’s water system from space. The SeaWinds Scatterometer instrument on the QuikSCAT satellite captures the always moving and complex sea surface. The mission has also provided critical information for monitoring, modeling, forecasting and researching our atmosphere, ocean and climate.
By any measure of success, the 10-year-old QuikScat mission is a unique national resource that has achieved and far surpassed its science objectives. Designed for a two-year lifetime, QuikScat has been used around the globe by the world’s operational meteorological agencies to improve weather forecasts and identify the location, size and strength of hurricanes and other storms in the open ocean.
credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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