+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts   + Opportunities Previous Animation Next Animation HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature and Temperature Anomaly on a Flat Earth This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.    Global sea surface temperature anomaly for the period January 1982 through December 1988, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The warm region in the Pacific early in this animation is the El Nino that occurred during the winter of 1982-1983. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius. Duration: 12.0 seconds Available formats:   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   320x240     JPEG         12 KB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       556 KB How to play our movies    Global sea surface temperature anomaly for the last week of December 1982 during El Nino, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius. Available formats:   1024 x 512       TIFF   427 KB   320 x 160         JPEG     12 KB    Global sea surface temperature anomaly for the last week of December 1982 during El Nino, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius. Available formats:   640 x 480         TIFF   293 KB   160 x 80           PNG       17 KB   320 x 240         JPEG     16 KB   80 x 40             PNG         5 KB Animation Number: 1275 Completed: 1996-08-10 Animator: Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientist: Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: NOAA-7/AVHRR   NOAA-9/AVHRR   NOAA-7, 9/AVHRR/AVHRR Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature   NOAA-7, 9/AVHRR/Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Data Collected: 1982/01/01-1988/12/31 Series: HoloGlobe and Earth Today Video: SVS1996-0015 * Goddard TV Tape: G1997-045 Keywords: DLESE >> Physical oceanography More Information on this topic available at: http://www.mnh.si.edu/museum/VirtualTour/Tour/First/Hologlobe/     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: