Animated global map of the monthly average temperature of the top millimetre of the ocean’s surface throughout the year 2023. Sea surface temperature influences weather, including hurricanes, as well as plants and animals in the ocean. The sea surface tends to be warmer near the equator and colder near the poles and influenced by large currents moving warm and cold water around the planet. Some of these currents flow along the surface and are therefore visible in these sea surface temperature images. The underlying data is derived by satellite measurements (i.e., MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite). The Scientific colour map ‘glasgow‘ is used to represent data accurately and to all readers.
- Creator: Fabio Crameri
- This version: 11.02.2024
- License: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Specific citation: This graphic by Fabio Crameri using NASA Aqua MODIS data is available via the open-access s-ink.org repository.
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- Dark-background version
- Perceptually uniform colour map
- Colour-vision deficiency friendly
- Readable in black&white
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