Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, Office of Research and Applications, Coral Reef Watch Program Publication_Date: 20051118 Title: Cobourg Park NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) Satellite Bleaching Alerts (SBAs) Edition: One Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital Document Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Camp Springs, Maryland, USA Publisher: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program Online_Linkage: http://coralreefwatch-satops.noaa.gov/SBA.html Online_Linkage: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/CB_indices/coral_bleaching_indices.html Online_Linkage: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/images/current/SST_Cobourg.png Online_Linkage: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html Online_Linkage: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/data/NOAA/nesdis/ora/SatelliteBleachingAlerts/cobourg_park/ Description: Abstract: These satellite bleaching alert (SBA) emails are generated automatically when the status level of the thermal stress conducive to coral bleaching changes at the representative 50 km pixel, centered at 10.5S, 132.5E, for the coral reefs at Cobourg Park. Cobourg Park is one of the reef sites monitored by the SBA system. The information included in the email alerts were derived from satellite AVHRR SST measurements and Coral Reef Watch (CRW) Program's satellite global near-real time twice-weekly coral bleaching monitoring products (http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html), including HotSpot, Degree Heating Weeks and Tropical Ocean Bleaching Indices. These automated email alerts were sent to subscribers for the Cobourg Park reef site when and only when the status level of thermal stress changed, regardless of the existing status level at the moment of examination. The status level of thermal stress is examined twice per week using updated satellite SSTs. There are five different status levels: No Stress, Bleaching Watch, Bleaching Warning, Bleaching Alert Level 1, and Bleaching Alert Level 2. The status levels are determined based on the values of Hotspot and Degree Heating Weeks (DHW). Each email alert indicates the thermal stress level at the site for a specified range of time. The information, which is also included in the alerts, contains the values of sea surface temperature (SST), coral bleaching HotSpot, bleaching Degree Heating Weeks (DHW), and the maximum monthly mean SST climatology at the pixel. Each email also lists previous three alerts for Cobourg Park. The Satellite Bleachiong Alerts became operational in July 2005. Purpose: The Satellite Bleaching Alert (SBA) System was developed primarily for NOAA's Coral Reef Watch (CRW) Program to automatically monitor the status of thermal stress conducive to coral bleaching at selected reef sites around the globe via the use of the CRW global satellite near-real time HotSpot suite of products and deliver the near-real time satellite measurement and derived coral bleaching indices to coral reef managers, scientists and other interested people. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20051118 Ending_Date: present Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: In Work Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: as needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: 132.25 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 132.75 North_Bounding_Coordinate: -10.25 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -10.75 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Diseases > Bleaching Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: Documents > Coral Bleaching Report Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: NOAA Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef Watch Theme_Keyword: POES Theme_Keyword: Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite Theme_Keyword: physical oceanography Theme_Keyword: monitoring Theme_Keyword: assessment Theme_Keyword: remote sensing Theme_Keyword: satellite Theme_Keyword: AVHRR Theme_Keyword: SST Theme_Keyword: sea surface temperature Theme_Keyword: coral bleaching HotSpot Theme_Keyword: Degree Heating Weeks Theme_Keyword: thermal stress Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: 007 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Indian Ocean > Cobourg Peninsula > Cobourg Peninsula (11S132E0001) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Australia > Western Australia > Cobourg Peninsula (11S132E0001) Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Indian Ocean Place_Keyword: Australia Place_Keyword: Cobourg Peninsula Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Temporal_Keyword: real time Temporal_Keyword: near-real time Temporal_Keyword: present Temporal_Keyword: current Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: Not intended for legal use. Data may contain inaccuracies due to clouded or mixed pixels. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service Coral Reef Watch Program Contact_Person: Alan E. Strong, NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: NOAA E/RA3, Room 601, 5200 Auth Road City: Camp Springs State_or_Province: Maryland Postal_Code: 20746 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-8102 ext 170 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-8572 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Alan.E.Strong@noaa.gov Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) AVHRR-SST values 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. The accuracy of the SST anomaly depends on both SST and the SST climatology. No formal estimation on the accuracy of the SST anomaly, HotSpot and Degree Heating Weeks has been done yet. Only preliminary estimates exist for using DHWs to assess coral bleaching and mortality showing they have demonstrated remarkable preliminary success in denoting most bleaching events. Logical_Consistency_Report: none Completeness_Report: Selected references are as follows. 1) Liu, G., A. E. Strong, W. Skirving, and L. F. Arzayus. 2004. Overview of NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program's Near-Real-Time Satellite Global Coral Bleaching Monitoring Activities. Proc. 10th Int Coral Reef Symp, Okinawa, Japan. 2) Liu, G., W. Skirving, and A.E. Strong. 2003. Remote sensing of sea surface temperatures during 2002 Barrier Reef coral bleaching. EOS, 84(15), 137-144. 3) Liu, G., J. E. Meyer, I. C. Guch, and M. A. Toscano, 2001. NOAA's satellite coral reef bleaching early warning products aimed at local reef sites around the glob. Reef Encounter, 30: 10-13. 4) Strong, A. E., C. S. Barrientos, C. Duda, and J. Sapper, 1997: Improved Satellite Technique for Monitoring Coral Reef Bleaching. Proc 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 2:1495-1498. Available also online at URL http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/icrs_dud.html 5) Toscano, M. A., A. E. Strong, I. C. Guch, 1999: New Analyses for Ocean HotSpots and Coral Reef Bleaching. Reef Encounter, 26, 31. 6) "New AVHRR Product -- Coral Reef Hotspots" by A. E. Strong and C. Duda, available at the URL http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/ashe_ab.html 7) The information for the AVHRR-derived sea surface temperture is described in the following user's 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. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Users are referred to 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. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, Office of Research and Applications, Coral Reef Watch Program Publication_Date: 20050712 Title: NOAA Twice-Weekly Satellite Global 50km Near-Real-Time Nighttime AVHRR Sea Surface Temperatures Edition: one Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: data file Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Suitland, Maryland, USA Publisher: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20050712 Ending_Date: present Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA Near-Real-Time Satellite global 50 km Nighttime AVHRR SSTs Source_Contribution: The SST time series are extracted from this source data. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program NOAA/NESDIS Publication_Date: 20050712 Title: NOAA Twice-Weekly Satellite 50km Near-Real Time Coral Bleaching HotSpots (Global) Edition: one Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: data file Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Suitland, 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: 20050712 Ending_Date: present Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA Satellite Near-Real-Time Coral Bleaching HotSpots (Global) Source_Contribution: The products were derived from these source data. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program NOAA/NESDIS Publication_Date: 20050712 Title: NOAA Satellite Near-Real-Time Coral Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks (Global) Edition: one Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: data file Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Suitland, 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: 20050712 Ending_Date: present Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA Satellite Near-Real-Time Coral Bleaching HotSpots (Global) Source_Contribution: The products were derived from these source data. Process_Step: Process_Description: Each SBA email contains values of SST, HotSpot and Degree Heating Weeks at the representative pixel for the reef area at Cobourg Park extracted from CRW's satellite global near-real time twice-weekly coral bleaching monitoring product suite. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA Satellite Near-Real-Time Coral Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks (Global) Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA Satellite Near-Real-Time Coral Bleaching HotSpots (Global) Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA Satellite Near-Real-Time Nighttime AVHRR SSTs (Global) Process_Date: not complete Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program Contact_Person: Alan E. Strong, NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: NOAA E/RA3, Room 601, 5200 Auth Road City: Camp Springs State_or_Province: Maryland Postal_Code: 20746 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-8102 ext 170 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-8572 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Alan.E.Strong@noaa.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: location name Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program Contact_Person: Alan E. Strong, NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: NOAA E/RA3, Room 601, 5200 Auth Road City: Camp Springs State_or_Province: Maryland Postal_Code: 20746 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-8102 ext 170 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-8572 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Alan.E.Strong@noaa.gov Distribution_Liability: NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data and information, 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 data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. 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