The cmocean palettes
The northwest Gulf of Mexico (PONG at Texas A&M)
Kristen M. Thyng of Texas A&M University's Department of Oceanography has developed this collection of colour-palettes for commonly-used oceanographic variables.
Detailed notes on the design of the palettes and their motivation can be found on the project page for the matplotlib package for cmocean, or in the paper Thyng, K.M., Greene, C.A., Hetland, R.D., Zimmerle, H.M., & DiMarco, S.F. True colors of oceanography Oceanography, 29(3), 9–13, 2016 (available here).
algae
amp
balance
curl
deep
delta
dense
diff
gray
haline
ice
matter
oxy
phase
rain
solar
speed
tarn
tempo
thermal
topo
turbid
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