Image:ElNino1997.jpg

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Source: http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/elnino/971118.html


Description: OSTM/Jason-2's predecessor TOPEX/Poseidon caught the largest El Niño in a century seen in this image from Nov. 10, 1997. OSTM/Jason-2 will continue the same precise measurements of sea surface height.

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current22:36, 1 May 20082,550×2,544 (564 KB)DavidPlane1 (Talk | contribs) (This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by the U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. The image shows sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on Nov. 10, 1997. The volume of extra warm surface)

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