COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Record
Title:
Sea Surface Temperature-Phytoplankton Correlation around the Galapagos in May 1998
Instrument:
NOAA-14/AVHRR
Description:
A SeaWIFS image of the region around the Galapagos Islands on May 25, 1998 showing a large phytoplankton bloom
Abstract:
SeaWiFS documented the rapid demise of El Niño in the waters around the Galapagos Islands. The images show a explosion in plankton growth as the warm El Niño waters blamed for choking off essential ocean nutrients are replaced by deep cold upwelled waters. The false color images, which document plankton concentrations a period from May 9 to May 24, 1998, show that life in the region to the west archipelago has returned in remarkable abundance. High concentrations are shown red. Areas occluded by clouds are shown in white.
Completed:
1998-06-11
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to* NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (http://www.geoeye.com).
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Horace Mitchell (Lead)
Scientist:
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
Series:
El Niño and La Niña
Data Collected:
1998/05/10, 1998/05/25
Keywords:
Biological oceanography
note:
More Information on this topic available at stories/elnino/index.html
Video:
SVS1998-0004* * *
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center
facet_when:
May 1998
facet_what:
Seastar
facet_when_year:
1998
Animation Number:
208
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a000200/a000208/seawifapogas_052598-IMAGE
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