This panel maps the El Niño signal in animations of
surface data from three satellite instruments: at the top is
wind speed from NSCAT, in the middle is sea surface height
from TOPEX/Poseidon, and on the bottom is temperature from
AVHRR. The ability to see at a glance if a pattern of
interaction exists between the three maps is just as important
as the data itself. This still is from May 1, 1997.