By bioephemera on February 27, 2010. A visualization from NOAA representing the dissipation of energy from the Chilean earthquake. Tags Dataviz ephemera Science Log in to post comments More like this For someone who's on blogcation, you sure are posting some fascinating stuff. ;-) Log in to post comments I wonder what the physical basis for the nonuniformity is? The shape of the ocean floor? Log in to post comments CPP: The nonuniformity is caused by constructive & destructive interference of the waves, as well as by the shape of the seafloor. This animation from NOAA shows it really well: http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/chile20100227/20100227Chile.mov Log in to post comments
For someone who's on blogcation, you sure are posting some fascinating stuff. ;-) Log in to post comments
I wonder what the physical basis for the nonuniformity is? The shape of the ocean floor? Log in to post comments
CPP: The nonuniformity is caused by constructive & destructive interference of the waves, as well as by the shape of the seafloor. This animation from NOAA shows it really well: http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/chile20100227/20100227Chile.mov Log in to post comments
For someone who's on blogcation, you sure are posting some fascinating stuff. ;-)
I wonder what the physical basis for the nonuniformity is? The shape of the ocean floor?
CPP: The nonuniformity is caused by constructive & destructive interference of the waves, as well as by the shape of the seafloor. This animation from NOAA shows it really well: http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/chile20100227/20100227Chile.mov