Why use 3D?
Model output of Bering Sea sea
surface height, colored by
temperature, looking eastward, with
the Aleutian Islands to the south
(right), and the Pribolof Islands to the
north (left).
The elevation of the sea surface
contains both large and small-scale
patterns.  The 3D plot shows both
large-scale and small-scale patterns
very clearly.
Large-scale
Small-scale
Courtesy of Al Hermann, NOAA/PMEL FOCI Project, under HPCC supported VRML project.
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