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Data acquired January 15 - February 15, 2010 720 x 237 JPEG
Data acquired January 15, 2010 720 x 720 411 KB - PNG
Data acquired January 30, 2010 720 x 720 416 KB - PNG
Data acquired February 15, 2010 720 x 720 416 KB - PNG
Data acquired December 1, 2009 - March 4, 2010 2 MB - MOV
A trio of globes of sea surface height anomalies shows a deep pulse of warm water—a Kelvin wave—crossing the Pacific Ocean in February 2010. Kelvin waves strengthen and maintain El Niño episodes.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, Kevin Ward, and Robert Simmon. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey, based on interpretation provided by Josh Willis and Bill Patzert, NASA JPL.
Published March 21, 2010 Data acquired January 15 - February 15, 2010