Sea surface temperatures give scientist information about ocean currents, climate, climate change, and how a hurricane may evolve. NASA has their own website that has frequent updates on the ocean temperatures. There are two primary types of sea surface temperature data thata NASA scientists use:
- actual temperature readings from the oceans surface.
- sea surface temperature anomaly.
The color graphics that are shown at the left are generated from data collected from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E). This data is plays a vital role for climatologist to monitor and forecast hurricanes. And to forecast the frequency and intensity of hurricanes in all oceans.
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