Earth  ID: 168

SeaWiFS Galapagos Island Zoom Showing Before and During El Niño

SeaWiFS Galapagos Island Zoom Showing phytoplankton concentrations before and during El Niño. There is lots of phytoplankton prior to El Niño's warm waters, but once the warm waters dominate the area, most of the phytoplankton disappear.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Data Used:
SeaStar/SeaWiFS
1997/05-1997/06
NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye
Credit:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Biological oceanography
SVS >> El Nino
SVS >> Plankton
NASA Science >> Earth