NASA's visualization of ocean currents, combined with the development of ECCO (Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean), marks a significant advancement in oceanographic modeling. Historically, modeling ocean dynamics presented challenges, leading to simulations that diverged from reality. Now, through data from satellites and sensors, ECCO offers a detailed, continuous model of the global ocean over the past 30 years. This innovative approach enhances our understanding of oceanic processes and their impacts on climate, enabling scientists to observe physical phenomena that were previously unmeasurable.
The project provides models that are the best possible reconstruction of the past 30 years of the global ocean. It allows us to understand the ocean's physical processes at scales that are not normally observable.
By applying the laws of physics to data from multiple satellites and thousands of floating sensors, NASA scientists and their collaborators built ECCO to be a realistic, detailed, and continuous ocean model that spans decades.
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