Calculated Circulation Patterns (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Calculated Circulation Patterns

Caption

Surface velocity vector and magnitude (in color) around the Hawaiian Islands on 25 March 2012 from simulation. Detailed circulation can be calculated where eddies dominate -- for example, in the lee of the Big Island.

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D. Menemenlis of NASA-JPL.

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