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El Nino and La Nina are important temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean. In this lesson, students will create maps and line graphs of data to compare the effects of El Nino and La Nina at two different longitudinal locations, but at the same latitude, using sea surface temperature and precipitation from real satellite data.
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Users can view a selection of animations of ocean surface temperature and dynamic height derived from data from the TAO/
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Water
vapor
is
a
small
but
significant
constituent
of
the
atmosphere,
warming
the
planet
due
to
the
greenhouse
effect
and
condensing
to
form
clouds
which
both
warm
and
cool
the
Earth
in
different
circumstances.
A
key
feature
of
global
atmospheric
water
vapor
convection
is
the
Intertropical
Convergence
Zone,
the
low
pressure
region
within
five
degrees
of
the
equator
where
the
trade
winds
converge
and
...
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This visualization shows the total precipitable water in the atmosphere, indicated by the gray to white cloud-like structures, and predicted precipitation, indicated by gold, during the 1998-1999 La Nina. -
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Materials
presented
here
are
intended
to
help
the
learner
understand
the
complex
interactions
between
the
oceans
and
the
atmosphere
that
affect
global
weather
and
climate
events.
Users
may
learn
how
data
from
the
TOPEX/
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Rainmaps derived from nearly three years of TRMM operations.
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Monthly average precipitation anomalies for May 1998, showing the Pacific Ocean -
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Sea Surface Height Anomaly for the Equatorial Pacific region from June, 1997, to June, 1998.
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Sea surface temperature anomaly in color, sea surface height anomalies in height
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An animation of sea surface temperature anomaly, sea surface height anomaly, and sea temperature anomaly at depth in the Pacific Ocean from December, 1997, through April, 2000, as measured by NOAA AVHRR, TOPEX Poseidon, and the TAO TRITON Array -
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This animation shows a rotating Earth, with the TAO-TRITON bouy array in the Pacific Ocean. -
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This animation shows a rotating Earth, with a zoom in to the TAO-TRITON bouy array in the Pacific Ocean. -
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This animation shows a flat Earth with the TAO-TRITON bouy array in the Pacific Ocean. -
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