Recently released datasets from the swot mission provide scientists with previously unavailable measurements of earth’s surface water. This vast, critical reservoir supports a abundance of life and helps regulate. Nasa's ocean color level 3 and 4 browser allows users to view, download, or order global composites at various spatial and temporal scales (level 3) or get results from analyses of.
Ocean color is the apparent hue, shade, or tone of water that results from the interactions of sunlight with the microscopic composition of the water column and water itself. Ocean color is a measure of sunlight that is reflected by the water and its components, such as phytoplankton, sediments, and colored dissolved organic matter. Nasa's ocean waves data provide details for learning how the peaks of moving water contribute to tsunamis and important ocean and climate processes.
About 8 million tons of plastic flow from rivers and beaches into the ocean every year. The ocean covers more than 70% of earth’s surface and contains 97% of the planet’s water. The ocean is a vast and critical reservoir that supports a diversity of life, helps regulate climate, provides a large amount of the planet’s oxygen, and stores an abundance of. Press play in the lower left.