World Map SEA Surface TEMPERATURES
Sea surface temperature
Sea surface temperature (SST), or ocean surface temperature, is the water temperature close to the ocean’s surface. The exact meaning of surface varies according to the measurement method used, but it is between 1 millimetre (0.04 in) and 20 metres (70 ft) below the sea surface.
Warm sea surface temperatures are known to be a cause of tropical cyclogenesis over the Earth’s oceans. Tropical cyclones can also cause a cool wake, due to turbulent mixing of the upper 30 metres (100 ft) of the ocean.
The Sea surface Temperature (SST) changes diurnally, like the air above it, but to a lesser degree. There is less SST variation on breezy days than on calm days. In addition, ocean currents such as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), can effect SST’s on multi-decadal time scales, a major impact results from the global thermohaline circulation, which affects average SST significantly throughout most of the world’s oceans.
Ten Years of Sea Surface Temperatures – World Map
This animated map was made using Esri’s ArcGIS Pro, Cinema 4D, Redshift, and Adobe After Effects.
Sea Surface Temperature is a key climate and weather measurement used for weather prediction, ocean forecasts, tropical cyclone forecasts, and in coastal applications such as fisheries, pollution monitoring and tourism. El Niño and La Niña are two examples of climate events which are forecast through the use of sea surface temperature maps.
The Naval Oceanographic Office sea surface temperature dataset is calculated from satellite-based microwave and infrared imagery. These data are optimally interpolated to provide a daily, global map of the midday (12:00 pm) sea surface temperature.
By Esri – Data Source: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/NAVO-L4HR1m-GLOB-K10_SST
