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Muted La Niña Follows Potent El Niño

The near-record water temperatures of 2015-16 has been followed by a modest, quiet appearance of La Niña.


NASA Earth Observatory maps by Jesse Allen, using TOPEX-Poseidon, Jason-2, and Jason-3 data provided by Akiko Kayashi and Bill Patzert, NASA/JPL Ocean Surface Topography Team. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published January 6, 2017
Data acquired 1998 - 2016

Sources:
JASON-2
JASON-3
TOPEX/Poseidon