El Niño: SST Anomaly, Sea Surface Wind Anomaly, and SSH Anomaly from Sept 1996 to Sept 1997
NCEP sea surface temperature anomaly, TOPEX-Poseidon Altimeter Sea Level Anomaly, and FSU COAPS surface wind stress anomaly in the Pacific from September 1996 to September 1997
Video slate image reads "NCEP sea surface temperature anomaly
(Color)
TOPEX-Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly
Courtesy of B. Cheney
(Surface Topography)
20°N - 20°S, 120°E - 70°W
September 15, 1996 -September 20, 1997 (SST)
September 15, 1996 - September 21, 1997 (TOPEX SL)
For SST, anomalies are formed with respect to the long term (1950-79) mean annual cycle. For TOPEX SL, anomalies are formed with respect to the long term (Oct. 3, 1992 - May 15, 1997) mean geoid."
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Animator
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist
- Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, October 23, 1997.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
Zonal Pseudostress
ID: 269NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly [NOAA-14: AVHRR]
ID: 433Sea Surface Height Anomaly [TOPEX: Poseidon]
ID: 514
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