El Niño Zoom to Cross-section of Temperature and Height Anomalies: January 1997 - March 1998

Views of sea surface height (represented by the bumps) and sea temperature (represented by the color). Red is 10 degrees C above normal, blue is 10 degrees C below normal. Notice the large area of colder than normal water shutting off El Niño towards the end of the animation.

Sea surface temperature anomaly, sea surface height anomaly, and sea temperature anomaly at depth in the Pacific Ocean for January, 1997.

Sea surface temperature anomaly, sea surface height anomaly, and sea temperature anomaly at depth in the Pacific Ocean for June, 1997.

Sea surface temperature anomaly, sea surface height anomaly, and sea temperature anomaly at depth in the Pacific Ocean for November, 1997.

Sea surface temperature anomaly, sea surface height anomaly, and sea temperature anomaly at depth in the Pacific Ocean for March, 1998.