Global ocean circulation: 3-D-Particles/Streamlines coloured
by temperature are used to visualize important features of the annual
mean ocean circulation (Data: OPYC model, MPI for Meteorology): (AVI,
23 MB)
Global ocean circulation: Line Integral Convolution (LIC) visualization
of the top layer stream pattern coloured by temperature (Data: OPYC
model, MPI for Meteorology) (JPG, 76 kB)
Global thermohaline circulation: animated version of The Great
Conveyor Belt - an idealized picture of the global heat and salinity
transport system connecting Atlantic and Pacific. (after Broecker, 1991).
(AVI, 11 MB)