Earth ID: 1274

HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature and Temperature Anomaly on a Globe

Visualizations by Jim Strong Released on August 10, 1996

This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

Sea surface temperature anomaly on a rotating globe for the period January 1982 through November 1988, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The warm region in the Pacific early in this animation is the El Niño that occurred during the winter of 1982-1983. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius.

Sea surface temperature anomaly in the Pacific for the last week of December 1982 during El Niño, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. Red regions are 2 to 5 degrees warmer than normal and cyan regions are 2 to 5 degrees colder than normal. The shades of blue on the background ocean represent sea surface temperature, with dark blues representing temperatures less than about 10 degrees Celsius.

For More Information

http://www.mnh.si.edu/museum/VirtualTour/Tour/First/Hologlobe/

Visualization Credits

Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space): Scientist

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Data Used:

NOAA-7, 9/AVHRR/AVHRR Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature

1982/01/01-1988/11/30

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NOAA-7, 9/AVHRR/Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly

1982/01/01-1988/11/30

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This item is part of this series:
HoloGlobe and Earth Today

Goddard TV Tape:
G1997-045

Keywords:
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
NASA Science >> Earth