Earth ID: 201

El Niño Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Comparison with Zoom: 1982/1983 to 1997/1998

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on June 11, 1998

A comparison of the Pacific sea surface temperature anomaly during the El Niño of 1982-1983 with that of 1997-1998, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. This animation ends with a zoom into the 1982-1983 data.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Data Used:

NOAA-7/AVHRR/NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly

1982/01/01-1983/12/31

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NOAA-14/AVHRR/NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly

1997/01/01-1998/06/30

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El Niño and La Niña

Keywords:
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
NASA Science >> Earth