Record Warm Waters off Southern California - related image preview

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Record Warm Waters off Southern California

A layer of exceptionally warm surface water extended from Point Conception to the Baja California coast.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, and sea surface temperature data from Coral Reef Watch. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 8, 2018
Data acquired August 2, 2018

Sources:
EUMETSAT > Metop-B
GOES
Meteosat
Suomi NPP > VIIRS