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Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly & Vegetation

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Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 1 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 2 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 3 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 4 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 5 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 6 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 7 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 8 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 9 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 10 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 11 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 12 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 13 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 14 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 15 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 16 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 17 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 18 Global Map Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Image 19 Global Map Sea 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Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly
Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Scale
Vegetation
Vegetation Scale
Global Map Vegetation Image 1 Global Map Vegetation Image 2 Global Map Vegetation Image 3 Global Map Vegetation Image 4 Global Map Vegetation Image 5 Global Map Vegetation Image 6 Global Map Vegetation Image 7 Global Map Vegetation Image 8 Global Map Vegetation Image 9 Global Map Vegetation Image 10 Global Map Vegetation Image 11 Global Map Vegetation Image 12 Global Map Vegetation Image 13 Global Map Vegetation Image 14 Global Map Vegetation Image 15 Global Map Vegetation Image 16 Global Map Vegetation Image 17 Global Map Vegetation Image 18 Global Map Vegetation Image 19 Global Map Vegetation Image 20 Global Map Vegetation Image 21 Global Map Vegetation Image 22 Global Map Vegetation Image 23 Global Map Vegetation Image 24 Global Map Vegetation Image 25 Global Map Vegetation Image 26 Global Map Vegetation Image 27 Global Map Vegetation Image 28 Global Map Vegetation Image 29 Global Map Vegetation Image 30 Global Map Vegetation Image 31 Global Map Vegetation Image 32 Global Map Vegetation Image 33 Global Map Vegetation Image 34 Global Map Vegetation Image 35 Global Map Vegetation Image 36 Global Map Vegetation Image 37 Global Map Vegetation Image 38 Global Map Vegetation Image 39 Global Map Vegetation Image 40 Global Map Vegetation Image 41 Global Map Vegetation Image 42 Global Map Vegetation Image 43 Global Map Vegetation Image 44 Global Map Vegetation Image 45 Global Map Vegetation Image 46 Global Map Vegetation Image 47 Global Map Vegetation Image 48 Global Map Vegetation Image 49 Global Map Vegetation Image 50 Global Map Vegetation Image 51 Global Map Vegetation Image 52 Global Map Vegetation Image 53 Global Map Vegetation Image 54 Global Map Vegetation Image 55 Global Map Vegetation Image 56 Global Map Vegetation Image 57 Global Map Vegetation Image 58 Global Map Vegetation Image 59 Global Map Vegetation Image 60 Global Map Vegetation Image 61 Global Map Vegetation Image 62 Global Map Vegetation Image 63 Global Map Vegetation Image 64 Global Map Vegetation Image 65 Global Map Vegetation Image 66 Global Map Vegetation Image 67 Global Map Vegetation Image 68 Global Map Vegetation Image 69 Global Map Vegetation Image 70 Global Map Vegetation Image 71 Global Map Vegetation Image 72 Global Map Vegetation Image 73 Global Map Vegetation Image 74 Global Map Vegetation Image 75 Global Map Vegetation Image 76 Global Map Vegetation Image 77 Global Map Vegetation Image 78 Global Map Vegetation Image 79 Global Map Vegetation Image 80 Global Map Vegetation Image 81 Global Map Vegetation Image 82 Global Map Vegetation Image 83 Global Map Vegetation Image 84 Global Map Vegetation Image 85 Global Map Vegetation Image 86 Global Map Vegetation Image 87 Global Map Vegetation Image 88 Global Map Vegetation Image 89 Global Map Vegetation Image 90 Global Map Vegetation Image 91 Global Map Vegetation Image 92 Global Map Vegetation Image 93 Global Map Vegetation Image 94 Global Map Vegetation Image 95 Global Map Vegetation Image 96 Global Map Vegetation Image 97 Global Map Vegetation Image 98 Global Map Vegetation Image 99 Global Map Vegetation Image 100 Global Map Vegetation Image 101 Global Map Vegetation Image 102 Global Map Vegetation Image 103 Global Map Vegetation Image 104 Global Map Vegetation Image 105 Global Map Vegetation Image 106 Global Map Vegetation Image 107 Global Map Vegetation Image 108 Global Map Vegetation Image 109 Global Map Vegetation Image 110 Global Map Vegetation Image 111 Global Map Vegetation Image 112
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Sea surface temperature refers to the temperature of the top millimeter of the ocean. An anomaly is a departure from average conditions. These maps compare temperatures in a given month to the long-term average temperature of that month from 1985 through 1997. Blue shows temperatures that were cooler than average, white shows near-average temperatures, and red shows where temperatures were warmer than average. Regions for which no data were available are gray. The maps are made from data collected by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E) compared to historical data collected by a series of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites.

On these maps, vegetation is pictured as a scale, or index, of greenness. Greenness is based on several factors: the number and type of plants, how leafy they are, and how healthy they are. In places where foliage is dense and plants are growing quickly, the index is high, represented in dark green. Regions where few plants grow have a low vegetation index, shown in tan. The index is based on measurements taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Areas where the satellite did not collect data are gray.

View, download, or analyze more of these data from NASA Earth Observations (NEO):
Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly
Vegetation