Earth  ID: 285

El Niño Equatorial Fly-by Showing Sea Surface Temp and Height Anomalies on a Globe: Jan. 1997 through Dec. 1997

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on March 20, 1998
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An animation of sea surface temperature and sea surface height anomalies in the Pacific Ocean for the period January 1997 through December 1997. The data is shown on a globe and the point of view moves from showing a full globe to flying over the equatorial Pacific toward South America.
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Video slate image reads "El-Niño "Runs Deep" Globe with SST/H flipped on side (Jan. 97 to Dec. 97)".

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:
TOPEX/Poseidon/Sea Surface Height Anomaly
1997/01/01-1997/12/31
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NOAA-14/AVHRR/NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly
1997/01/01-1997/12/31
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This item is part of this series:
El Niño and La Niña

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