West Coast Chlorophyll Bloom
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Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on board the Orbview 2 satellite captured the phytoplankton bloom October 6, 2002 . Red represents high concentration of chlorophyll, follow by orange, yellow and green. Land and cloud portions of the image are presented in natural color. SeaWiFS monitors ocean plant life by measuring the amount of chlorophyll in the ocean. Large phytoplankton blooms tend to coincide with natural phenomena that drive that nutrient-rich water to the surface. The process is called upwelling. Winds coming off principal land masses push surface layers of water away from the shore. Into the resulting wind-driven void deeper water underneath the surface layers rushes in toward the coast, bringing with it nutrients for life to bloom. This upwelling fuel the growth of marine phytoplankton which, along with larger seaweeds, nourishes the incredible diversity of creatures found along the northern and central California coast.
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Zoom down to the west coast on October 6, 2002 and dissolve in the chlorophyll image of the region.
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True Color Westcoast Image from October 6, 2002
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Chlorophyll Westcoast Image from October 6, 2002
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Chlorophyll California Image from October 6, 2002
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Chlorophyll concentration colorbar
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Video slate image reads "West Coast Chlorophyll Bloom October 6, 2002. SeaWiFS captures a 700 mile long phytoplankton bloom. This bloom fuels the growth of marine phytoplankton. Marine phytoplankton, along with larger seaweeks, nourish the diverse creatures found along the west coast".
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| Animation Number: | 2623 |
| Completed: | 2002-10-15 |
| Animator: | Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) |
| Scientist: | Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC) |
| Platform/Sensor/Data Set: | SeaStar/SeaWiFS (2002/10/06) |
| Video: | SVS2002-0001 * |
Keywords:
DLESE
>> Biological oceanography
DLESE
>> Chemistry
SVS
>> Chlorophyll
SVS
>> Phytoplankton
GCMD
>> Location
>> California
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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (http://www.geoeye.com). |
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