Скачать или смотреть El Niño and La Niña: Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies, 1997-1999

Changes in sea surface temperature during the major El Niño event of 1997-98 and during a subsequent, La Niña period are depicted in this data visualization. The event helped El Niño become a household name, as reports of its impacts miles away - from record rainfall in California to a tornado in Florida and major drought in Indonesia - made the news.

The visualization depicts data from the NOAA 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST). The data are combined from sources such as satellites, buoy networks, and ships. The OISST analyses are named for the key satellite sensor used: in this case, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR).

More about El Niño and La Niña: http://www2.ucar.edu/news/backgrounde...

Visualization and Postproduction
Matt Rehme (NCAR/CISL)

Special Thanks to
Tim Scheitlin (NCAR/CISL)

Data Obtained from:
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
www.noaa.gov

Earth imagery is courtesy of the NASA Visible Earth Project

Visualization Software:
The NCAR Command Language (Version 6.2.1) [Software]. (2014).
Boulder, Colorado: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/VETS. http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/D6WD3XH5

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Copyright 2014 UCAR
Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.