[Coral-List] Coral Bleaching Warning for Glovers, Belize
Gang Liu
Gang.Liu at noaa.gov
Mon Oct 6 13:42:11 EDT 2003
Coral Bleaching Warning for Glovers, Belize
Anomalously high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) have been developing
over most of the Caribbean Sea since late August.
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html
The SST at Glovers, Belize has been creeping up above the summertime
maximum monthly mean SST since mid-August and now exceeds the level of
bleaching threshold.
http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/orad/sub/sst_series_glovers_cur.html
DHW has started to accumulate at Glovers and is a little over 1 DHW now.
Bleaching is most likely already present in the area.
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/dhw_retro.html
Any feedback you can provide is useful: both bleaching and non-bleaching
observations are welcome. Please send the feebback to Alan Strong
(Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov) and/or Gang Liu (Gang.Liu at noaa.gov). Users are
also encouraged to use the NOAA/ReefBase collaborative online bleaching
report form to send input to our bleaching database. The form is
available at
http://www.reefbase.org/input/bleachingreport/index.asp
Coral Reef Watch Project
http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/orad/coral_bleaching_index.html
October 6, 2003
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Gang Liu, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist/Oceanographer
(Decision Systems Technologies, Inc.)
NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program
NOAA/NESDIS/ORA E/RA31
SSMC1, #5307
1335 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226
Tel: 301-713-9386 ext 131
Fax: 301-713-3136
Email: Gang.Liu at noaa.gov
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