Global volumetric temperature and wind velocity are warped into a set of concentric spherical shells, and registered with a topographic globe in an earth-centered, 3d coordinate system. The temperature data are shown as pseudo-color and opacity mapped isosurfaces at 194K (blue) and 294K (orange- red). The wind data are shown as streamlines, which are pseudo-colored by horizontal speed. The topography data is shown as a radially deformed surface, mapped to a gray-scale.
The data are courtesy of NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD.