2009July26: From NASA: “…the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center reported that ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific had shifted into El Niño—anomalously warm—conditions. El Niño conditions are evident in this sea surface temperature anomaly image based on data from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on July 26. The current data are compared to long-term average temperatures (1985-1997) measured by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers that have flown on several NOAA missions” (NASA, 2009).
Reference: NASA http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39574
Image Description: Based on data from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Current data are compared to long-term average temperatures (1985-1997) measured by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers. NASA image by Jesse Allen, using AMSR-E data processed and provided by Chelle Gentemann and Frank Wentz, Remote Sensing Systems. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey. Image Location: NASA http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39574 Image Permission: This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from NASA, taken or made during the course of an employee’s official duties.
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