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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.
Side by Side view of the Michigan Bloom (July 24, Sept. 7, 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