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Understanding Climate vs. Weather: Sea Surface Temperature Satellite View

Explore the differences between climate and weather with a focus on sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Basin. Learn about El Niño and La Niña effects and their impact on global weather patterns. Discover how climate trends affect regions like Cedar Rapids and the United States in La Niña years. Examine historical events like Hurricane Dean and Katrina to understand the significance of climate change.

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Understanding Climate vs. Weather: Sea Surface Temperature Satellite View

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  1. Climate vs. Weather

  2. Climate is what you expect; Weather is what you get. Climate Weather

  3. Sea Surface Temperature

  4. Satellite composite view. Tom Van Sant/The GeoSphere Project.

  5. Sea Surface Temperature

  6. Pacific Basin Sea Surface Temperature Sea surface temp is higher on the western side of the basin. Sea surface height is also greater. 80 degrees F 60 – 70 degrees F http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/enso.shtml (above image from NOAA Climate Prediction Center)

  7. El Niño

  8. (above image from NOAA Climate Prediction Center)

  9. La Niña : Cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial eastern Pacific. Image from NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center

  10. 2008 is a La Niña year.

  11. United States Climate trends in La Niña years Lots of rain Drought Drought National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: Climate Prediction Center for June 2008 http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/

  12. Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 13, 2008 Flooding of the Cedar River (400 square blocks of the city under water) Photo: Chicago Tribune Photo: Huffington Post Photo: CBS News

  13. Graph from NOAA: Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

  14. Hurricane Dean August 2007

  15. Katrina August 2005

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