El Niño Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Comparison with Zoom: 1982/1983 to 1997
A comparison of the Pacific sea surface temperature anomaly during the El Niño of 1982-1983 with that of 1997, as measured by NOAA AVHRR. This animation ends with a zoom into the 1982-1983 data.

Comparison of the Pacific Oceans sea surface temperature anomaly during the El Niño of 1982-1983 (top) with the El Niño of 1997 (bottom), as measured by NOAA AVHRR.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, December 18, 1997.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT.
Series
This page can be found in the following series:Datasets used
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NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly [NOAA-7: AVHRR]
ID: 430 -
NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly [NOAA-14: AVHRR]
ID: 433
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