Monitoring the Global Environment
Monitoring the Global Environment
Here is a map showing several satellite images pieced together on top of temperature
data of the land and oceans. Scientists call this a global montage. This type of map
with the whole Earth stretched out onto one surface is called a Mollweide projection.
Click on below image to see a full month of these images in an animated loop (4 images
a day, and each 6 hours apart). Watch for awhile and see if you can pick out where
the trade winds are, monsoons in India, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) along
the equator, how the land heats up in the day and cools down at night, and changes
in ocean temperatures. You can even watch Hurricane Alex brush the east coast of the
United States in early August. Take some time and take some notes while you watch the
animation.
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