El Niño is yawning


Sea Level Anomaly in the Tropical Pacific Ocean
 
Weekly sea level anomaly in the Tropical Pacific Ocean between December 02, 2001 and February 17, 2002.

Week of 26 October, 1997
 
Sea level anomalies of the Tropical Pacific Ocean when El Niño was in full development.

3-D representation of the fully developed 1997 El Niño
 
The height is the sea level anomaly (-40 to +40 cm) measured by the Radar Altimeter and the colour is the sea surface temperature anomaly (-6 to +8 degrees) measured by the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR). Both of these instruments are also on-board Envisat.

Flood in Tumbes, Peru
 
A river bed is cleaned as part of a program to combat the effects of El Nino-caused weather in Tumbes in northern Peru on Sunday, November 23, 1997.



Release date: 11 June 2004