Temperature Anomalies in This Year

This world map shows temperature anomalies mean values ​​measured at the surface, between 28 July and 3 August 2014 © NASA MODIS Science Team
This world map shows temperature anomalies mean values ​​measured at the surface, between 28 July and 3 August 2014 © NASA MODIS Science Team

This value of the LSF is calculated from the reflectance measurements retrieved from the infrared heat (typically between 3 and 5 microns and between 8 and 14 microns).

Reading these cards is very simple. Enjoy Coloring The red and blue dots are temperature anomalies observed in relation to an average taken to refer, in this case the same week between 2005 and 2013, with many spread across the globe highlights the very unusual nature of that period, Straddling the months of July and August.

Red dots indicate areas that were up to 10 degrees Celsius above the average, while blue have below average reference temperatures. As for the gray areas, it is either the oceans, bodies of water or absence of data due, for example, an overly dense cloud cover.