In fact, to study the sealpoint Siamese coat pattern is to observe what amounts to a temperature map of the animal's body surface.
To reach this conclusion, von Storch et al. used a climate model to generate a series of annual temperature maps for the world over the past several centuries.
The global temperature maps published by Nasa present a striking picture.
The gridded data provide an almost global temperature map.
This is then further elaborated upon by a temperature map, rainfall projection map, drainage value, vegetation value, and salinity.
In 1870 Petermann advocated the use of a red and blue color scheme for temperature maps of the oceans.
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Besides studying Phobos, whose orbit keeps it within 3,720 miles of Mars, scientists hope to obtain a temperature map of the Martian surface.
An accurate temperature map can provide a great deal of information on the nature of the underlying physical processes.
"Yes, and it might be frozen," she said, shifting into the ship's patchy temperature map.