2009 El Niño & 2010 La Niña (Science On a Sphere Version)
Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) are differences above and below normally observed sea surface heights. Large sustained above average areas (shown in orange and red) off the western coast of South America are an indicator of an El Niño event. In contrast, large sustained below average areas (shown in blue and violet) off the western South American coast are indicators of a La Niña event. This visualization shows the formation of an El Niño event towards the end of 2009 followed by a 2010 La Niña event.
Raw frames for use on Science On a Sphere.
This is an example animation of how the raw frames might be used in conjunction with the dates to create a Science On a Sphere show.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Generated using AVISO Products
-
Animators
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Trent L. Schindler (UMBC)
-
Producers
- Jefferson Beck (UMBC)
- Jennifer A. Shoemaker (UMBC)
-
Scientists
- Josh Willis (JPL)
- William C. Patzert (NASA/JPL CalTech)
-
Project support
- James W. Williams (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Shiloh Heurich (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
-
Writer
- Mike Carlowicz (Wyle Information Systems)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, October 6, 2010.
This page was last updated on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 10:02 PM EDT.
Datasets used in this visualization
-
AVISO: NRT-MSLA (AVISO: Near Real Time - Merged Sea Level Anomalies)
ID: 699Combined product from data taken by Envisat, Jason-1, and Jason-2
See all pages that use this dataset
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.