CURRENT VANUATU CORAL BLEACHING WATCH!!!!
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[NOAA Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Alert 20130418]
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Summary of the bleaching alerts issued in this update for the NOAA
Coral Reef Watch (CRW) Virtual Stations
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Pacific Ocean
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** Melanesia
-- Efate, Vanuatu (+) Bleaching Watch
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(+) and (-): indicating increase or decrease in bleaching thermal stress
level at a station from its previous stress level.
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Current stress levels and alerts for CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at:
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/cb/EAS_vs/vs_summary_stress_current.txt
Detailed views of individual sites can be found using Google Earth:
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/ge/products/CRWGE_CurrentProducts.kmz
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See below for detailed alert information for the stations listed above.
Note: An alert is issued only when a station experiences a change in
thermal stress level. For more information, see the description at the
the end of this message.
A complete list of the available CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at:
http://coralreefwatch-satops.noaa.gov/VS/list_vs_group_latlon_201103.txt
For more information, please visit:
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html
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**[CRW Alert 20130418] (+) Efate, Vanuatu: Bleaching Watch
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Satellite observations:
4:00h UTC 15 Apr. 2013 - 4:00h UTC 18 Apr. 2013
-- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week
-- Coral Bleaching HotSpot : 0.3 Deg C
-- Sea Surface Temperature : 28.6 Deg C
-- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 28.3 Deg C
Most Recent Alert Level Changes for Efate, Vanuatu:
-- 04/11/2013 No Stress
-- 04/01/2013 Bleaching Watch
-- 03/28/2013 No Stress
-- 03/25/2013 Bleaching Watch
-- 03/11/2013 No Stress
SST Time Series:
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/melanesia.html#Efate_Vanuatu
Reef site name : Efate, Vanuatu
SST pixel latitude : -18.0
SST pixel longitude : 168.0
Location map : http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html
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Note: A bleaching alert for a Coral Reef Watch Virtual Station is generated
only when there is a change in the alert level at that station.
Definitions of Alert Levels:
--No Stress: No thermal stress (HotSpot <= 0)
--Watch: Low-level thermal stress (0 < HotSpot < 1)
--Warning: Thermal stress is accumulating (HotSpot >= 1 and 0 < DHW < 4)
--Alert Level 1: Bleaching expected (HotSpot >= 1 and 4 <= DHW < 8)
--Alert Level 2: Significant bleaching expected (HotSpot >= 1 and DHW >= 8)
A (+) or (-) in the subject line indicates an increase or decrease in the
thermal stress level from the previous alert issued for this station. The most
recent thermal stress levels issued for a station are included as reference.
A complete list of the available CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at
http://coralreefwatch-satops.noaa.gov/VS/list_vs_group_latlon_201103.txt
Current stress levels and alerts for CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at:
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/cb/EAS_vs/vs_summary_stress_current.txt
Your bleaching observations (including observations of no bleaching) are greatly
appreciated. Bleaching observations can be sent to coralreefwatch@noaa.gov
and/or entered into the NOAA/ReefBase collaborative online bleaching report
form: http://www.reefbase.org/contribute/bleachingreport.aspx.
Should you have any questions or feedback on our Satellite Bleaching Alert email
system, please send an e-mail to coralreefwatch@noaa.gov.
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Reef Watch's Satellite Bleaching Alert (SBA) system:
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