Sea Surface Height and Temperature Anomalies on a Globe: Zoom and Rotate
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 on a rotating globe from January 1997 to November 1998. This animation zooms to the Pacific, then rotates to the Indian Ocean and ends on the Atlantic Ocean.

Video slate image reads "SST/SSH on Sphere".
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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