La Niña 2007 Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

  • Released Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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This visualization shows the 2007 La Niña event in the Pacific Ocean. Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies from 2007 are shown based on a 3-day moving average using Aqua/AMSR-E SST data.

Sea surface temperature anomalies for the 2007 La Niña

The cooler waters of a La Niña inhibit cloud growth overhead as seen in this Terra/MODIS mosaic from Nov. 8, 2007.

The cooler waters of a La Niña inhibit cloud growth overhead as seen in this Terra/MODIS mosaic from Nov. 8, 2007.

Sea surface temperature anomaly color bar in degrees Celsius: -5 (dark blue) to 0 (green), to +5 (dark red)

Sea surface temperature anomaly color bar in degrees Celsius: -5 (dark blue) to 0 (green), to +5 (dark red)

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, January 9, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.