Potential Bleaching expands

[Alan E Strong]

Great to hear from you Dave.

Appreciate the feedback and await information ...hopefully that this event passes
you by quickly...!

Jim Hendee and I will be out at Mike Laurs & Rusty's place the week of Aug 20th
discussing CREWS monitoring station installations, etc.  If your not at sea at that
time it would be good to see you during our visit.

Cheers,
Al

DAVID_A_GULKO at EXEC.STATE.HI.US wrote:

> Alan,
>     In response to your request for feedback regarding the bleaching
> situation in the north central Pacific, specifically your suggestion that
> warm water may be showing signs of development west of Midway, the Hawaii
> Department of Land & Natural Resources will be mounting a coral
> reef-focused expedition to Kure Atoll (slightly west of Midway) next month.
> We'll specifically look for any evidence of bleaching while we're there; we
> currently plan to place long-term temperature recorders adjacent to living
> reef structures both within the lagoon and on the outside slope of the
> atoll.  The NMFS and NOS will also have a number of vessels operating
> throughout the NWHI at this same time making observations regarding the
> status of reef resources; hopefully between all our efforts we can gain a
> clearer picture if any actual events are occurring up there.
>
>     - Dave Gulko
>
> Dave Gulko
> Division of Aquatic Resources
> Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources
> 1151 Punchbowl St., Rm. 330
> Honolulu, HI  96813
>
> (808) 587-0318 (o),  (808) 587-0115 (fx)
> david_a_gulko at exec.state.hi.us
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> Subject: Potential Bleaching expands
> From:    "Alan E Strong" <Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov> (owner-coral-
> list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov)owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov at STATEHIUS
> Date:    7/24/01  3:53 AM
>
>        NOTICE:
>
>        From our HotSpot charts and Bleaching Indices that updated
>        overnight,
>        using information our satellite obtained during the past
>        weekend, we
>        observe the following changes in the present bleaching
>        situation:
>
>        *Okinawa -- increased SSTs (approaching 32 deg C in some areas)
>        Saipan/Guam -- staying more to the north in the Northern
>        Mariana's
>        Midway - still showing signs of development from the west
>        Palmyra - new area just west of the Line Islands
>        Bahamas - SSTs increasing to the west of Great Exuma over the
>        Bank
>
>        http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/dhw_news.html
>        http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html
>
>        Feedback appreciated...
>
>        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
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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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