El Niño 'Golfball' for National Geographic's Altas of the Oceans
This image was developed for use on the cover of the National Geographic ATLAS OF THE OCEANS. Sea surface temperature anomalies are colors, with red being warmer than normal and blue being colder than normal, and sea surface height anomalies are exaggerated heights.
El Niño Golfball November 1997
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 Wednesday, October 16, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
Series
This page can be found in the following series:Datasets used
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NCEP Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly [NOAA-14: AVHRR]
ID: 433 -
Sea Surface Height Anomaly [TOPEX: Poseidon]
ID: 514
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