Title :
Real-time 3-D El Nino/La Nina visualizations and animations from the TAO buoy network in the Tropical Pacific
Author :
McClurg, D.C. ; Moore, C.W. ; Soreide, N.N.
Author_Institution :
Joint Inst. for the Study of the Atmos. & Ocean, Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
The TAO moored buoy array in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean is a major component of the global climate monitoring system, extending from 95°W in the eastern Pacific to 137°E in the west, and telemetering data to shore via the NOAA Argos satellite system. 3D visualizations of TAO data offer striking examples of unified coherent presentation of multiple data sets, which fosters improved insights into the ocean, atmosphere, and climate systems. Animations of these 3D visualizations are available at http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/vis/. In the future, their 3D visualizations will be improved as the visualization technology advances, and new visualizations will be created to meet the evolving needs of the scientific community
Keywords :
El Nino Southern Oscillation; atmospheric techniques; computer animation; data visualisation; geophysics computing; meteorology; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; 3D visualization; ENSO; El Nino; La Nina; Pacific Ocean; TAO buoy network i; Tropical Pacific; atmosphere; computer animation; computer graphics; data visualisation; data visualization; geophysics computing; meteorology; moored buoy array; ocean; real time system; three dimensional method; Animation; Atmosphere; Computerized monitoring; Data visualization; Displays; Intelligent networks; Ocean temperature; Real time systems; Satellites; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '99 MTS/IEEE. Riding the Crest into the 21st Century
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5628-4
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1999.805001
