The LAS can plot an Hovmoller diagram over an area : application accross the tropical Pacific ocean.

The Live Access Server able to make computations on the variable you are plotting : changes of units like inches and feet, m/s or km/s are possible.

"Longitude-Time" (or "Hovmoller") diagrams are a way to see the moves of some phenomena along time like Rossby and Kelvin waves. Application accross the tropical Pacific ocean.

The Live Access Server able you to look at an area along slightly different points of view : low resolution, variance, averages ...

Sea level evolution all over the "3.4" area inform better than the evolution at one point of the El Niño phenomenon.

Sea Level Anomaly variance in the Gulf Stream area.

The Live Access Server can not only plot maps, but also along-time evolution. Application at one point in the tropical Pacific ocean.

Example of use of datasets available with this LAS via the OpenDap.

Choosing a color scale to plot data is not arbitrary; The Live Access Server allows you to choose between several color scales.

Maps of sea level anomaly maps over the Atlantic Ocean for the four seasons.

The Kuroshio is a western boundary current with many eddies and high variability.

North Atlantic is an area with many eddies, even if they might not be as spectacular as in the major currents.

The LAS able to see the El Niño phenomenon on the sea level anomaly maps : thhis is an example with the comparison functions to estimate theevolution between two dates.

Ssalto/Duacs sea level anomaly data are available in two versions with different resolution : High-resolution data (1/3°x1/3° on a Mercator grid) and Low resolution version (1°x1°).

Automatic scale can muffle some low-intensity phenomena, it is often better to define yourself the color scale extrema.

South of Africa ocean is an area where currents converge, very turbulent : visualization with the geostrophic currents maps drawn by the LAS.