Blackwater (Chlorophyll)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and ORBIMAGE, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE (http://www.orbimage.com).

Blackwater: SeaWiFS False Color (chlorophyll)

Scientists are baffled by a mysterious 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico off southern Florida, an area normally rife with fish but described by fishermen now as fouled by murky waters and barren of marine life.

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date Jan. 16, 2002

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS

  • Animation ID

    2420

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0001

  • Start Timecode

    01:07:08:00

  • End Timecode

    01:07:49:24

  • Animator

    Stuart A. Snodgrass

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/03/21

  • Scientist

    Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Florida, Miami, Blackwater

  • DLESE Subject

    Biological oceanography, Chemical oceanography, Hydrology

  • Data Date

    2002/01/09, 2002/01/16, 2002/02/04, 2002/03/18

  • Animation Type

    Regular