Description: Five year mean for fall (October - December), as estimated from MODIS/Aqua satellite imagery, for sea-surface salinity in northern Gulf of Mexico. The ocean color imagery from the MODIS-Aqua satellite from January 2005 - December 2009 was used to estimate sea-surface salinity. This is based on the empirical relationship between color dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption and salinity. In situ data from the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) program were overlaid on the modeled data. Both the satellite data and the SEAMAP data were then reclassified into Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Water Column component categories.
Copyright Text: Rebecca Allee, NOAA Gulf Coastal Services Center; Mark Finkbeiner, NOAA Coastal Services Center; Richard Gould Jr., Naval Research Laboratory; Dong-Shan Ko, Naval Research Laboratory; David Lary, University of Texas; Janis Kurtz, EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory; Christopher Madden, South Florida Water Management District; Kathleen Goodin, NatureServe
Description: Five year mean for winter (January - March), as estimated from MODIS/Aqua satellite imagery, for sea-surface salinity in northern Gulf of Mexico. The ocean color imagery from the MODIS-Aqua satellite from January 2005 - December 2009 was used to estimate sea-surface salinity. This is based on the empirical relationship between color dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption and salinity. In situ data from the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) program were overlaid on the modeled data. Both the satellite data and the SEAMAP data were then reclassified into Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Water Column component categories.
Copyright Text: Rebecca Allee, NOAA Gulf Coastal Services Center; Mark Finkbeiner, NOAA Coastal Services Center; Richard Gould Jr., Naval Research Laboratory; Dong-Shan Ko, Naval Research Laboratory; David Lary, University of Texas; Janis Kurtz, EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory; Christopher Madden, South Florida Water Management District; Kathleen Goodin, NatureServe
Description: Five year mean for spring (April - June), as estimated from MODIS/Aqua satellite imagery, for sea-surface salinity in northern Gulf of Mexico. The ocean color imagery from the MODIS-Aqua satellite from January 2005 - December 2009 was used to estimate sea-surface salinity. This is based on the empirical relationship between color dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption and salinity. In situ data from the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) program were overlaid on the modeled data. Both the satellite data and the SEAMAP data were then reclassified into Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Water Column component categories.
Copyright Text: Rebecca Allee, NOAA Gulf Coastal Services Center; Mark Finkbeiner, NOAA Coastal Services Center; Richard Gould Jr., Naval Research Laboratory; Dong-Shan Ko, Naval Research Laboratory; David Lary, University of Texas; Janis Kurtz, EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory; Christopher Madden, South Florida Water Management District; Kathleen Goodin, NatureServe
Description: Five year mean for summer (July - September), as estimated from MODIS/Aqua satellite imagery, for sea-surface salinity in northern Gulf of Mexico. The ocean color imagery from the MODIS-Aqua satellite from January 2005 - December 2009 was used to estimate sea-surface salinity. This is based on the empirical relationship between color dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption and salinity. In situ data from the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) program were overlaid on the modeled data. Both the satellite data and the SEAMAP data were then reclassified into Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Water Column component categories.
Copyright Text: Rebecca Allee, NOAA Gulf Coastal Services Center; Mark Finkbeiner, NOAA Coastal Services Center; Richard Gould Jr., Naval Research Laboratory; Dong-Shan Ko, Naval Research Laboratory; David Lary, University of Texas; Janis Kurtz, EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory; Christopher Madden, South Florida Water Management District; Kathleen Goodin, NatureServe