+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts   + Opportunities Previous Animation Next Animation Sea Surface Height and Temperature Anomalies on a Globe: Rotating to the Pacific Ocean The 1997-98 El Niño was truly a global event. The sequence shows a superposition of sea surface temperature anomalies on anomalies of the sea surface elevation.    An animation of sea surface temperature and height anomalies on a rotating globe from January 1997 to November 1998. This animation rotates from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Duration: 46.0 seconds Available formats:   352x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   6 MB   160x80       PNG           35 KB   80x40         PNG           10 KB   320x238     JPEG         10 KB How to play our movies Animation Number: 352 Completed: 1998-11-23 Animator: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientist: Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: NOAA-14/AVHRR   TOPEX/Poseidon   NOAA-14/AVHRR/NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly   TOPEX/Poseidon/Sea Surface Height Anomaly Data Collected: 1997/01/01-1998/11/30 Series: El Niño and La Niña Video: SVS1998-0025 * Goddard TV Tape: G1998-058 Keywords: SVS >> Anomaly SVS >> El Nino SVS >> La Nina DLESE >> Physical oceanography SVS >> Sea Surface Height SVS >> Sea Surface Temperature     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: Content Contact: Curator: