One of the most complex #visualizations of #Earth’s ocean dynamics to date, by #NASA.
Leveraging #satellite #altimetry, #scatterometry, and state-of-the-art numerical #ocean #models, the #map exposes the planet’s vast current systems: oceanic jets, #mesoscale eddies spanning hundreds of kilometers, and the Gulf Stream.
(Looks quite a bit like Van Gogh’s Starry Night! Yet, this is pure fluid dynamics, no #AI involved.)
Video cut: Gregory Bufithis
#Oceanography #FluidDynamics #DataViz