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Satellite eyes focus on El Niño
 
3 November 2000

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Temperature and Anomalies in November 1997
ASST products processed at RAL The data are averaged over one month, and to obtain anomalies, the averaged surface temperature of the corresponding month in 1995 was subtracted
 
 
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Temperature and Anomalies in October 2000
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Temperature and Anomalies in October 2000

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3-D representation of the fully developed 1997 El Niño
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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.

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Related links
El Niño animation sea surface temperatures El Niño animation anomalies sea surface temperaturesASST HomepageEOQ no.59, June 1998Delft Institute for Earth-oriented Space Research (DEOS)European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)ESA's Earth Watching websiteEarth Observation
 
 
 
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