Sea Surface Height and Temperature Anomalies on a Globe: 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 in the Pacific Ocean from January 1997 to November 1998
El Niño in November 1997 on a globe (with date)
La Niña in November 1998 on a globe (with date)
El Niño in November 1997 on a globe (without date)
La Niña in November 1998 on a globe (without date)
Video slate image reads "Sphere - Focused on Pacific Ocean".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, November 23, 1998.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:59 PM EDT.
Series
This page can be found in the following series:Datasets used
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NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly [NOAA-14: AVHRR]
ID: 433 -
Sea Surface Height Anomaly [TOPEX: Poseidon]
ID: 514
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