1998 Animations of Coral Bleaching Hotspots from NOAA/NESDIS

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Title: 1998 Animations of Coral Bleaching Hotspots from NOAA/NESDIS

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The year of 1998 was a difficult time for the worlds coral reefs, with abnormally warm sea surface temperatures (SST's) causing widespread coral bleaching. The animations and images on this page show the differences between the climatological maximum monthly mean SST (i.e. the expected summer-time maximum) and the satellite-derived NOAA/NESDIS night time SST fields. When the night time SST field is warmer than the expected summer-time maximum by 1 degree C, the region is shown in orange as a potential coral bleaching hotspot. NOAA/NESDIS oceanographer, Dr. Al Strong, has collected reports of coral bleaching from an informal network of coral reef researchers and observers. These reports have been overlayed on the following 1998 animations and images: Animation of Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Event, El Nino, 1/17/98-4/17/98, (1.6 mb) Animation of Indian Ocean Bleaching Event, El Nino/La Nina transition period , 3/24/98-7/24/98, (1.0 mb) Animation of Bahrain, Red Sea and Eastern Pacific Bleaching Events, early La Nina, 7/4/98-10/27/98, (0.8 mb) Animation of Western Hemisphere Bleaching Events, early La Nina, 6/20/98-11/7 /98, (1.1 mb) Animation of HotSpots during El Nino,1/3/98-6/6/98 in the Western Hemisphere, (2.0 mb) Indian Ocean Bleaching Event - time series , 3/24/98-8/11/98 Western Hemisphere Bleaching Event - time series, 6/20/98-9/8/98

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Beginning_Date: 19980117

Ending_Date: 19980908

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Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > CORAL REEFS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > CORAL DEPOSITS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) > ENSO

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > CNIDARIANS > CORALS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > REEF HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: Coral

Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef

Theme_Keyword: Coral Reefs

Theme_Keyword: Corals

Theme_Keyword: Reef

Theme_Keyword: Reef Corals

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Theme_Keyword: Retrospective Animations

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Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

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Contact_Person: MARGUERITE TOSCANO

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NOAA Science Center

Address: 5200 Auth Road

City: Camp Springs

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20746

Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mtoscano@nesdis.noaa.gov

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Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD > Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact_Person: OSDPD INFORMATION PROCESSING DIVISION

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Limin.Zhao@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: NOAA_BLEACH98

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http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/ocean/cb/hotspots_199...

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NOAA/NESDIS 1998 Coral Bleaching HotSpots

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000228

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120306

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: MELANIE F. MEAUX

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time