Last month's ocean winds
| This image shows the average wind speed over the Earth's oceans during the past month. It was created using data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I). This is one of the instruments on a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite. |
Credit: SSM/I instrument, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Image copyright Rice University.
For more info: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/dmsp.html