Record Warm Waters off Southern California

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

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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