NOAA Coral Reef Watch Near-Real-Time 50-km Regional Satellite Coral Disease Outbreak Risk Monitoring Product - Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: NOAA Coral Reef Watch program
Publication_Date: 20090930
Title:
NOAA Coral Reef Watch Near-Real-Time 50-km Regional Satellite Coral Disease Outbreak Risk Monitoring Product - Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Edition: One
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote sensing image, webpage
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Publisher: NOAA Coral Reef Watch program
Online_Linkage: <http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/research/dz_index.html>
Description:
Abstract:
The NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) regional satellite Coral Disease Outbreak Risk monitoring product estimates the potential for infectious disease outbreak in the upcoming summer season for selected regions. The Coral Disease Outbreak Risk is currently an experimental product that is still in a research and development phase; it is produced at 50-km spatial resolution twice-weekly in near-real-time for the Great Barrier Reef and Hawaiian archipelago regions. The product was initially implemented in September 2009 and continues to provide updated monitoring information twice-weekly. This metadata file provides information on the product for both the most recent near-real-time updates and the archived and retrospectively processed product, dating back to the 2001 summer season, for the region indicated in the title above. The Coral Disease Outbreak Risk product comprises a metric of variables developed by CRW, including Winter Cold Snap, Winter Conditions, Seasonal Outlook, Summer Hot Snap, and Current Summer Outbreak Risk. These metrics are derived from CRW's operational sea surface temperature (SST) data generated from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA's operational Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). The Winter Cold Snap metric accumulates anomalously cold temperatures through time, as compared with the usual range of winter temperatures, providing an indication of unusually cold events. Such events reflect a reduction in disease pathogen loading during extreme cold periods. The Winter Conditions metric accumulates temperature anomalies during the cold season as compared with the average temperature observed in the three coldest months ("winter") at each location. It represents the variation of the current cold season from the average condition. Mild winters (i.e., neither cool nor warm) have been linked to subsequent outbreaks of White Syndrome disease; research has shown that such outbreaks have not occurred following cool or warm winters, likely related to a reduction in disease pathogen abundance and an increase in host resistance, respectively. The Seasonal Outlook is based solely on the two described cold season metrics; it gives a measure of the pre-disposition to disease outbreak during the following warm season. Only locations that experience mild Winter Conditions are considered to be at-risk, with the likelihood defined by the presence/absence of unusual Cold Snaps. The Seasonal Outlook value is issued at the end of the cold season and provides a 3-6 month forecast of the likelihood of disease outbreak. The Summer Hot Snap metric accumulates anomalously hot temperatures through time, as compared with the usual range of summer temperatures, providing an indication of unusually hot events. This metric represents the level of hot stress that corals experience. The Current Summer Outbreak Risk is assigned only for locations that are deemed at-risk in the Seasonal Outlook and is defined by the level of Hot Snap experienced during the subsequent warm period. Outbreak Risk in the yellow-to-red range indicates that there is a significant likelihood of coral disease, increasing linearly with the color scale. The Outbreak Risk is updated in near-real-time during the warm season on Monday and Thursday. This product, its detailed description, and available data formats and delivery mechanisms are accessible at <http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite>, along with general CRW product information and access to other CRW products. Note that the product is available publicly only for the Great Barrier Reef region. It also is available for the Hawaiian archipelago but only to collaborators and interested parties, as validation is presently occurring.
Purpose:
The NOAA Coral Reef Watch Coral Disease Outbreak Risk monitoring product was developed primarily for monitoring and assessment of coral disease outbreak. It serves as a decision support tool to provide critical and timely coral reef environment information to the U.S. and international coral reef communities.
Supplemental_Information:
The disease risk product and SST data mentioned in this metadata file is accessible at: <http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite>
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20010101
Ending_Date: present
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: In Work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Twice-weekly
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: 140.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 155.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -10.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -25.0
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Diseases
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing > Satellite (digital scans) > AVHRR
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature > AVHRR
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature > Anomaly
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Map Images > AVHRR
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: 014
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: CoRIS
Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef Watch
Theme_Keyword: POES
Theme_Keyword: Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite
Theme_Keyword: data
Theme_Keyword: oceanography
Theme_Keyword: physical oceanography
Theme_Keyword: biological oceanography
Theme_Keyword: marine ecosystem
Theme_Keyword: SST anomaly
Theme_Keyword: sea surface temperature anomaly
Theme_Keyword: accumulation
Theme_Keyword: SST
Theme_Keyword: sea surface
Theme_Keyword: stress
Theme_Keyword: thermal stress
Theme_Keyword: temperature anomaly
Theme_Keyword: monitoring
Theme_Keyword: assessment
Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: satellite
Theme_Keyword: AVHRR
Theme_Keyword: sea surface temperature
Theme_Keyword: temperature
Theme_Keyword: temperature anomaly
Theme_Keyword: disease
Theme_Keyword: coral disease
Theme_Keyword: risk
Theme_Keyword: outlook
Theme_Keyword: seasonal outlook
Theme_Keyword: outbreak
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Coral Sea > Great Barrier Reef > Great Barrier Reef (17S147E0002)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Australia > Queensland > Cairns Section > Great Barrier Reef (17S147E0002)
Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Coral Sea
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Coral Sea > Great Barrier Reef > Great Barrier Reef > SE Queensland (27S153E0001)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Australia > Queensland > Mackay / Capricorn Section > SE Queensland (27S153E0001)
Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Australia > Queensland
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: ocean
Place_Keyword: regional
Place_Keyword: Eastern hemisphere
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: South Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Western Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Australia
Place_Keyword: Coral Sea
Place_Keyword: Great Barrier Reef
Place_Keyword: Queensland
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Temporal_Keyword: real time
Temporal_Keyword: near real time
Temporal_Keyword: seasonal
Temporal_Keyword: present
Temporal_Keyword: current
Temporal_Keyword: past
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:
Not intended for legal use. Data may contain inaccuracies due to cloud cover and/or other reasons.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA Coral Reef Watch program
Contact_Person: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: NOAA, E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308, 1335 East-West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20910-3226
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2857 x 109
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3136
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov
Browse_Graphic:
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<http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/disease/images/current/DZ_GBR_CDW_WDW.png>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This is the most recent image of NOAA CRW near-real-time twice-weekly global 50-km satellite Seasonal Outlook for Disease Risk for the Great Barrier Reef.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/disease/images/current/DZ_GBR_HDW_WDW.png>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This is the most recent image of NOAA CRW near-real-time twice-weekly global 50-km satellite Current Summer Outbreak Risk for Disease for the Great Barrier Reef.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/disease/images/current/DZ_GBR_CDW.png>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This is the most recent image of NOAA CRW near-real-time twice-weekly global 50-km satellite Winter Cold Snap for Coral Disease Outbreak Risk for the Great Barrier Reef.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/disease/images/current/DZ_GBR_WDW.png>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This is the most recent image of NOAA CRW near-real-time twice-weekly global 50-km satellite Winter Conditions for Coral Disease Outbreak for the Great Barrier Reef.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/disease/images/current/DZ_GBR_HDW.png>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This is the most recent image of NOAA CRW near-real-time twice-weekly global 50-km satellite Summer Hot Snap for Coral Disease Outbreak for the Great Barrier Reef.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the Coral Disease Outbreak Risk metrics depends on the accuracy of the SSTs used for deriving the product. Preliminary analysis of Coral Disease Outbreak Risk metrics has demonstrated initial success in denoting disease outbreak events. Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) AVHRR-SST values that the Disease Outbreak Risk is based on are accurate to within 0.5 degrees C and adjusted by in-situ information (buoys) to best-approximate SST at a depth of 1 meter. However, to provide a complete global coverage, estimation of SSTs at all pixels that are cloud covered may occasionally reduce the accuracy of SST at these pixels. Selected references: 1) Heron SF, Willis BL, Skirving WJ, Eakin CM, Page CA, Miller IR (2010) Summer Hot Snaps and Winter Conditions: Modelling White Syndrome Outbreaks on Great Barrier Reef Corals. PLoS ONE 5(8): e12210. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012210. 2) The information for the AVHRR-derived sea surface temperature is described in the following guide. Goodrum G., K. B. Kidwell, and W. Winston, 2000, NOAA KLM USER'S GUIDE. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Climatic Data Center, Climate Services Division, Satellite Services Branch, FOB3, Room G227, E/CC33, 5200 Auth Road, Suitland, MD 20746-4304, USA. This manual is available on line at <http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm/cover.htm>. To request additional information contact: Telephone: (828) 271-4850, Telefax: (828) 271-4876, Email: satorder@ncdc.noaa.gov.
Logical_Consistency_Report: none
Completeness_Report:
There is no spatial data gap existing in this data set. Because this is currently an experimental product undergoing research and development, revisions to the product are anticipated. When a revision is needed, the whole product time series (both current and archived product) will be reprocessed to replace the existing product time series. The near-real-time disease monitoring product will be updated continuously twice-weekly and added into past data collections once a year.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Users are referred to the following guide on AVHRR-derived sea surface temperature. Goodrum G., K. B. Kidwell, and W. Winston, 2000, NOAA KLM USER'S GUIDE. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Climatic Data Center, Climate Services Division, Satellite Services Branch, FOB3, Room G227, E/CC33, 5200 Auth Road, Suitland, MD 20746-4304, USA. This manual is available on line at <http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm/cover.htm>. To request additional information contact: Telephone: (828) 271-4850, Telefax: (828) 271-4876, Email: satorder@ncdc.noaa.gov.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: NOAA/NESDIS Coral Reef Watch program
Publication_Date: 19970101
Title:
NOAA CRW Operational Twice-Weekly Near-Real-Time Global 50-km Satellite Nighttime Sea Surface Temperatures
Edition: one
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: data file
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Publisher: NOAA Coral Reef Watch program
Type_of_Source_Media: data file
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19970101
Ending_Date: present
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
NOAA CRW Near-Real-Time Global Satellite Sea Surface Temperatures
Source_Contribution:
The Coral Disease Outbreak Risk product was derived from this SST product.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
At each pixel, the SST value is evaluated to derive Winter Cold Snap, Winter Conditions, and Summer Hot Snap variables, which are used for generating Seasonal Outlook and Current Summer Outbreak Risk. See CRW web site at: <http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html> and suggested references listed above for details.
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NOAA CRW Operational Near-Real-Time Global Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Product
Process_Date: Not complete
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA Coral Reef Watch program
Contact_Person: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: NOAA, E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308, 1335 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20910-3226
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2857 x 109
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3136
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
Row_Count: 31
Column_Count: 31
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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Latitude_Resolution: 0.5
Longitude_Resolution: 0.5
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Grid Intersection
Entity_Type_Definition:
For the Great Barrier Reef region, there are 31 grid intersections in each row (at a pre-defined latitude) and 31 grid intersections in each column (at a pre-defined longitude). Each grid is 0.5 degree latitude by 0.5 degree longitude in size, centered at latitudes from 25.0S northward to 10.0S and at longitudes of from 140.0E eastward to 155.0E for the Great Barrier Reef.
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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data and images, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these images, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.
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Fees: none
Ordering_Instructions:
The product in various formats may be downloaded from the website or obtained directly from the distributor.
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Metadata_Date: 20121220
Metadata_Review_Date: 20110323
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