+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts Previous Animation Next Animation El Niño Zoom to Cross-section of Sea Temperature and Height: January 1997 through March 1998    An animation of sea surface temperature, sea surface height, and sea temperature at depth in the Pacific Ocean from January 1997 through March 1998 as measured by NOAA AVHRR, TOPEX Poseidon, and the TAO TRITON Array Duration: 37.0 seconds Available formats:   352x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   5 MB   160x80       PNG           19 KB   80x40         PNG           5 KB   320x238     JPEG         8 KB How to play our movies    Views of sea surface height (represented by the bumps) and sea temperature (represented by the color). Red is 30 degrees C, blue is 8 degrees C. The thermocline is the border between the dark blue at the bottom and the cyan. The thermocline exists at 20 degress C. Available formats:   1280 x 960       JPEG   120 KB   320 x 240         JPEG     10 KB    Views of sea surface height (represented by the bumps) and sea temperature (represented by the color). Red is 30 degrees C, blue is 8 degrees C. The thermocline is the border between the dark blue at the bottom and the cyan. The thermocline exists at 20 degress C. Available formats:   1280 x 960       JPEG   119 KB   320 x 240         JPEG     10 KB    Views of sea surface height (represented by the bumps) and sea temperature (represented by the color). Red is 30 degrees C, blue is 8 degrees C. The thermocline is the border between the dark blue at the bottom and the cyan. The thermocline exists at 20 degress C. Available formats:   1280 x 960       JPEG   120 KB   320 x 240         JPEG     10 KB    Views of sea surface height (represented by the bumps) and sea temperature (represented by the color). Red is 30 degrees C, blue is 8 degrees C. The thermocline is the border between the dark blue at the bottom and the cyan. The thermocline exists at 20 degress C. Available formats:   1280 x 960       JPEG   120 KB   320 x 240         JPEG     10 KB   160 x 80           PNG       16 KB Animation Number: 280 Completed: 1998-03-20 Animator: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientist: Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: NOAA-14/AVHRR   TAO/TRITON   TOPEX/Poseidon   NOAA-14/AVHRR/NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly   TAO/TRITON/Sea Temperature Anomaly   TOPEX/Poseidon/Sea Surface Height Anomaly Data Collected: 1997/01/01-1998/03/31 Series: El Niño and La Niña Video: SVS1998-0013 * Keywords: DLESE >> Physical oceanography     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio *Please note: the SVS does not fulfill requests for copies of the tapes in our library. On some of our animation pages, there is a direct link to a video distribution service from which tapes, handled by the Public Affairs Office (PAO)/Goddard TV, including some of our animations may be ordered. General information on this service can be found here. Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: