Class Overview
The class itself will be presented in two parts. During the first half of this class we will:
review the resources available to scientists for studying the ocean, primarily the TAO Buoy Array
introduce NOAA’s computer models of sea surface temperature and learn how to read sea surface temperature maps
understand how and why anomaly maps are necessary to visualize changing ocean conditions
prepare and present the activity where students can actually create anomaly maps of the 1997-98 El-Niño