Sea Surface Height and Temperature Anomalies on a Globe: The Indian 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 Indian Ocean from January 1997 to November 1998
Video slate image reads "Sphere - Focused on Atlantic Ocean".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
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Greg Shirah
(NASA/GSFC)
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Greg Shirah
(NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC)
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
Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
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.