NOAA Coral Reef Watch’s (CRW) next generation high resolution bleaching thermal stress monitoring product suite comprises 5 products. Beginning with Sea Surface Temperature from NOAA NESDIS, several processing steps lead to the final Bleaching Alert Areas product.
Global data from Gang Liu at NOAA (via Liane Guild at AMES) for Oceans 2014
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