NASA Earth Observations (comp.) 20260421 232103-0400 Sea Surface Temperature (8 day - AVHRR, 1981-2006) raster digital data https://neo.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=AVHRR_SST_E Sea surface temperature is the temperature of the top millimeter of the ocean's surface. Sea surface temperatures influence weather, including hurricanes, as well as plant and animal life in the ocean. Like Earth's land surface, sea surface temperatures are warmer near the equator and colder near the poles. Currents like giant rivers move warm and cold water around the world's oceans. Some of these currents flow on the surface, and they are obvious in sea surface temperature images.

Warm ocean waters help form clouds and affect weather patterns. The sea's surface temperature is also correlated to the availability of tiny ocean plants, called phytoplankton. For all of these reasons scientists monitor the sea's surface temperature. These maps show satellite measurements of the sea's surface temperature for a given day, or for a span of days. These data are collected by an ongoing series of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites.

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