{"id":1871,"date":"2016-09-15T13:19:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1871"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:50:36","slug":"why-do-scientists-measure-sea-surface-temperature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1871","title":{"rendered":"Why do scientists measure sea surface temperature?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#21212182\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/global-sst.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1871\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/global-sst.jpg 960w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/global-sst-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/global-sst-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/global-sst-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)\" title=\"Why do scientists measure sea surface temperature?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sea surface temperature provides fundamental information on the global climate system. Because the ocean covers 71 percent of Earth&#8217;s surface, scientists record sea surface temperature (SST) to understand how the ocean communicates with Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. SST provides fundamental information on the global climate system. SST is an essential parameter in weather prediction and atmospheric model simulations, and is also important for the study of marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/sea-surface-temperature.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/sea-surface-temperature.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Sea surface temperature provides fundamental information on the global climate system. Because the ocean covers 71 percent of Earth&#8217;s surface, scientists record sea surface temperature (SST) to understand how the ocean communicates with Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. SST provides fundamental information on the global climate system. SST is an essential parameter in weather prediction and atmospheric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1872,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1871","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2031,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1871\/revisions\/2031"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}