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Images & Animations
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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).
Side by Side View of the Michigan Bloom - July 24, Sept. 7, 1999
Two possible explanations for the brightening were advanced in 1999: A large bloom of cyanobacteria such as microcystis or an inorganic precipitation of calcium carbonate triggered by warming surface waters. I never heard whether one or the other choice was validated by researchers on Lake Michigan. A variety of atmospheric aerosols and clouds over the lake also effect the perceived brightness of the water from image to image.
Lake Michigan on July 24, 1999
Metadata
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Sensor
OrbView-2/SeaWiFS -
Animation ID
608 -
Video ID
SVS1999-0010 -
Start Timecode
01:11:13:00 -
End Timecode
01:12:21:00 -
Animator
Stuart A. Snodgrass -
Studio
SVS -
Visualization Date
1999/11/17 -
Scientist
Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC) -
Keywords
Bloom, Lake Michigan -
DLESE Subject
Biological oceanography, Hydrology -
Data Date
1999/07/24, 1999/09/07 -
Animation Type
Stills