Palomar College Oceanography Lab Links

Field Trip Previews

Links for the El Niño Lab Exercise

JPL's Ocean Surface Topography from Space 1997-2002 El Niño-La Niña page at: http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/science/enso97/el_nino_1997.html
JPL's latest image of El Niño in the Pacific Ocean at: http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/elnino/
UCSD's CoastWatch "El Niño Watch" page at: http://coastwatch.pfel.noaa.gov/elnino.html
Take the U.S. Navy's El Niño Quiz
View the 6-month forecast SST in the equatorial Pacific

Links for the Ocean Waves Lab Exercise

Part I: Investigating Waves from Space
- View information from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite at: http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/education/wind_waves.html
Part II: Waves in the Pacific Ocean
- View a forecast of Pacific Ocean significant wave height for the next 120 hours at: http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/images/maps/ganimnep.gif
Part III: Waves Along the Southern California Coast
- Access the remainder of the Ocean Waves Exercise