El Niño Sea Surface Height Anomaly: January 1997 through August 1998
Sea surface height anomaly during El Niño Red is higher than normal while blue is lower than normal.
An animation of sea surface height anomaly in the Pacific Ocean from January 1997 to August 1998 as measured by TOPEX-Poseidon
Video slate image reads "Sea Surface Height Anomaly Aug. 20, 1998".
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 Thursday, August 20, 1998.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:59 PM EDT.
Datasets used
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Sea Surface Height Anomaly [TOPEX: Poseidon]
ID: 514
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