SeaWiFS: Eddies over the Argentine Basin

On December 27, 2000, the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) passed directly overhead of the eddy field of the shelf break off the coast of Argentina. The current patterns are made visible by the phytoplankton that color the water.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published December 27, 2000
Data acquired December 27, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton

Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton

Radiance Or Imagery > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Imagery