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Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity, 2011-2014 (Rotating Globe) (00:00:44)

[12-Nov-14] This visualization celebrates over three years of successful Aquarius observations, from September 2011 through September 2014. Sea surface salinity is shown on a spinning globe (with and without grid lines). This visualization was generated based on version 3.0 of the Aquarius data products. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Original Movie: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4234

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Last Updated: 26 July 2017