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Sea Surface Temperature-Phytoplankton Correlation around the Galapagos in May 1998
SeaWiFS documented the rapid demise of El Niño in the waters around the Galapagos Islands. The images show a explosion in plankton growth as the warm El Niño waters blamed for choking off essential ocean nutrients are replaced by deep cold upwelled waters. The false color images, which document plankton concentrations a period from May 9 to May 24, 1998, show that life in the region to the west archipelago has returned in remarkable abundance. High concentrations are shown red. Areas occluded by clouds are shown in white.

A fade from May 10 to May 25, 1998 showing sea surface temperature and phytoplankton density near the Galapagos    A fade from May 10 to May 25, 1998 showing sea surface temperature and phytoplankton density near the Galapagos
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A SeaWIFS image of the region around the Galapagos Islands on May 10, 1998 showing little or no phytoplankton    A SeaWIFS image of the region around the Galapagos Islands on May 10, 1998 showing little or no phytoplankton

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A SeaWIFS image of the region around the Galapagos Islands on May 25, 1998 showing a large phytoplankton bloom    A SeaWIFS image of the region around the Galapagos Islands on May 25, 1998 showing a large phytoplankton bloom

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SeaWIFS images of the region around the Galapagos Islands on May 10, 1998 and May 25, 1998 compared with NCEP sea surface temperatures, showing the return of sea life as the ocean cools after El Nino    SeaWIFS images of the region around the Galapagos Islands on May 10, 1998 and May 25, 1998 compared with NCEP sea surface temperatures, showing the return of sea life as the ocean cools after El Nino

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Animation Number:208
Completed:1998-06-11
Animators:Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
 Marte Newcombe (GST)
Scientist:Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:NOAA-14/AVHRR
 SeaStar/SeaWiFS
 SeaStar/SeaWiFS/Sea Surface Temperature
Data Collected:1998/05/10, 1998/05/25
Series:El Niño and La Niña
Video:SVS1998-0004 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Biological oceanography
SVS >> Galapagos
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
SVS >> Phytoplankton
More Information on this topic available at:
stories/elnino/index.html
 
 
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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 (http://www.geoeye.com).


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