SST and SSW Anomalies

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

SST Anomalies + Wind Anomalies

Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies and sea surface wind anomalies show the development of the 2002/2003 El Nino based on data from NASA's Aqua and QuikSCAT spacecraft. The wind data has been processed using the Variational Analysis Method (VAM).

SST Anomalies and SS Wind Anomalies from 21 Jan 2003 (with black arrows)

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/AMSR-E, QuikSCAT/SeaWinds

  • Animation ID

    2695

  • Video ID

    SVS2003-0006

  • Start Timecode

    01:04:45:00

  • End Timecode

    01:05:28:14

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah, Jesse Allen

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/02/03

  • Scientist

    David Adamec (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Wind, El Nino

  • DLESE Subject

    Atmospheric science, Physical oceanography

  • Data Date

    8/01/2002 - 1/21/2003

  • Animation Type

    Regular