NOAAVisualizations | 22 Years of Sea Surface Temperatures @NOAAVisualizations | Uploaded 16 years ago | Updated 8 hours ago
The NOAA polar-orbiting satellites (POES) have been collecting sea surface temperature data for over 22 years. This animation is a compilation of that data from January 1985 - January 2007. Of note are the changes in the Gulf Stream, El Nino and La Nina cycles in the Pacific, and the seansonal changes in sea ice cover.