Phytoplankton Concentration

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and ORBIMAGE, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE (http://www.orbimage.com).

SeaWiFS Data Swaths Phytoplankton Concentration

A rotating globe showing swaths of true color imagery from SeaWIFS fades to a globe showing ocean phytoplankton measurements from SeaWiFS. Regions of black in the ocean represent regions where cloud cover has so far prevented phytoplankton measurements.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS

  • Animation ID

    166

  • Video ID

    SVS1998-0001

  • Start Timecode

    00:07:10:14

  • End Timecode

    00:08:21:13

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    1998/01/01

  • Scientist

    Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Plankton

  • DLESE Subject

    Biological oceanography

  • Animation Type

    Regular