Tropical Instability Waves

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Tropical Instability Waves

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Mercator Ocean

217 Views • Mar 28, 2012

Description

When the warm surface waters meet the cold waters surface near the equator, it creates a zone of instability called TIW for tropical instability waves.

This animation represents the sea surface temperature in the Pacific Ocean during 6 monthes (June 2011 - November 2011).

Data : Mercator Ocean
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Production : Mira Production

Credits : Mercator Océan/CNES/MyOcean

Music : Pix