Description:
About 30 images of global sea surface temperatures from TOPEX/Poseidon satellite show how the volume of displaced warm surface water in the eastern tropical Pacific has changed through time. Colors show sea level height relative to average. One can scroll down to go back in time and see how an unusual mass of water settled itself off the west coast of the Americas.

Organization:
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena, CA

URL:
http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/enso97/el_nino_1997.html

Contact:
Topex.Poseidon Staff
Email: topex@jpl.nasa.gov

Cost:
Free over the Internet

Education Level:
Grades 9-12
Post Secondary

Subject:
El Niño
La Niña
Oceanography -Physical
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00