Earth  ID: 570

Precipitation Anomaly in the Pacific: October 1992 to September 1998

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on April 1, 1999
Satellite view of changes in worldwide precipitation patterns during El Niño and La Niña. Areas receiving more precipitation shown in green and areas with less precipitation shown in orange.
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Precipitation anomaly in the Pacific from October 1992 through September 1998. The data were collected by the Special Sensor Microwave-Imager (SSM-I) on board the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) series of satellites.
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Video slate image reads, "Precipitation Anomaly
Oct. 92 to Sept. 98
green = wetter than normal
red/orange = drier than normal".

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:
DMSP/SSM/I/Precipitation Anomaly
1992/10/01-1998/09/30
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Dates of Data Used:
1992/10/01-1998/09/30

This item is part of this series:
El Niño and La Niña

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> El Nino
SVS >> La Nina
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0