Includes observations and video of the radar altimeter which is used to measure sea surface height. The warming causes local winds to converge reducing the strength of the trade winds. It has subtle variations caused by ocean currents. The height has been exaggerated to illustrate correlation between the temperature anomaly and the upwelling of warm water near the equator. Sea surface temperature data from the Advanced Very Hlight Resolution Radiometer instrument onboard the NOAA-7 satellite.
Higher levels are in red, lower levels are in purple.
The black circle represents an area where data was not collected due to the lack of sunlight at the pole during the winter. The ozone molecule is split into one free oxygen atom and one molecule of ordinary O2. This is NOT a finished production and contains no narration.