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Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project: El Nino and La Nina 3-D Visualizations

Users can view a selection of animations of ocean surface temperature and dynamic height derived from data from the TAO/TRITON buoy array moored in the Pacific Ocean. The animations show temperature and surface topography variations consistent with the development of El Nino and La Nina events.

Keywords:: Climatology, Geoscience, NSDL, Oceanography, Science, Physics, Meteorology, Earth Science, Chemistry, Space Sciences, Isotherm, Physical Oceanography, Astronomy, Space Science, Current, Physical Sciences, Equator

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Science and Technology / Astronomy

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Author:: Unknown (Know the author?)
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States