2-11: Mission to Planet Earth

Illustration of the coverage of the electromagnetic spectrum by the recommended EOS payload.

Circulation

Winds over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Winds over the pacific.

Gulf stream temperature. NASA.

Seasonal Baja ocean color. NASA.

Example of sea surface temperature... NASA.

Sea-surface temperatures for September 1994.

Arctic pack-ice motion. NASA.

Biological activity in the oceans of the southern hemisphere. American Scientist July/Aug 1990. Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Biological activity in the oceans of the northern hemisphere. American Scientist July/Aug 1990. Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Global concentration of phytoplankton. NASA.

Mean near-surface phytoplankton pigment concentrations. NASA.