Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean

NASA

Going With the Flow: Visualizing Ocean Currents with ECCO

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As a result, models of ocean dynamics rapidly diverged from reality, which meant they could only provide useful information for brief periods. In 1999, a project called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of…