Galapagos Island Zoom (El Nino)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and ORBIMAGE, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE (http://www.orbimage.com).

SeaWiFS Galapagos Island Zoom Showing Before and During El Nino

SeaWiFS Galapagos Island Zoom Showing phytoplankton concentrations before and during El Nino. There is lots of phytoplankton prior to El Nino's warm waters, but once the warm waters dominate the area, most of the phytoplankton disappear.

SeaWiFS Galapagos Island Zoom Showing phytoplankton concentrations before and during El Nino. There is lots of phytoplankton prior to El Nino's warm waters, but once the warm waters dominate the area, most of the phytoplankton disappear.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS

  • Animation ID

    168

  • Video ID

    SVS1998-0001

  • Start Timecode

    00:09:07:12

  • End Timecode

    00:09:30:01

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    1998/01/01

  • Scientist

    Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    El Nino, Plankton

  • DLESE Subject

    Biological oceanography, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    1997/05-1997/06

  • Animation Type

    Regular