AMSR-E Global Anomalous Sea Surface Temperature Data Used to Forecast 2003 Hurricane Season

  • Released Monday, June 23, 2003
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This animation show a year in the life of anomalous global ocean temperatures, June 2, 2002, to May 11, 2003. Green indicates the coolest water, yellow the warmest.
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on the Aqua satellite is able to take measurements through clouds to provide this sea surface temperature data.

This animation show a year in the life of global ocean temperatures, June 2, 2002 to May 11, 2003. Green indicates the coolest water, yellow the warmest.

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Used to Forecast 2003 Hurricane Season".

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See http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0529hurricane03.html

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This page was originally published on Monday, June 23, 2003.
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