Kuwait Bleaching
Al Strong
astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov
Wed Sep 20 11:26:21 EDT 2000
Is anyone able to provide this week's SSTs for any region in the Gulf??
We are trying to verify our present SSTs from our satellites...
Thanks,
Al Strong
Al Strong wrote:
> Coral-listers -
> >From the NOAA Coral Reef Bleaching Indices page:
> http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/dhw_news.html
>
> The link to :
> Oman - Muscat
> 23.7N, 58.6E shows:
> 12wk accum today 9.7
> Max 12wk* 16 (98)
> Current temp (C) 27.5
> Exp. max temp** 30.1
>
> The 12wk DHWs:
> http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/dhw12week.east.gif
>
> shows DHWs of 9 to 10 in much of the Persian Gulf/Arabian Sea!
>
> These levels were seen in 1999 at this time as well:
> http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/icg/ehet.s71999.e91999.gif
>
> ...and the maximum accumulation at "Oman-Muscat" for the recent 10 years
> occurred in 1998: DHW = 16! (based on satellite SSTs)
>
> Fortunately
> SSTs have cooled considerably at this time at Oman - Muscat.
> We see 27.5C from our satellite data...some 3 degrees C BELOW the critical
>
> HotSpot threshold (30.1degC + 1degC = 31.1degC) that brought on this most
> recent
> bout of bleaching.
>
> AES
>
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Alan E. Strong
Phys Scientist/Oceanographer
NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ORAD -- E/RA3
NOAA Science Center -- RM 711W
5200 Auth Road
Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304
Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov
301-763-8102 x170
FAX: 301-763-8108
http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/orad
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