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Images & Animations
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Credit
NASA images courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
On September 21, 2004, the SeaWIFS sensor detected high levels of chlorophyll concentrations along the Pacific Coast of the United States.
- Large Images: <LI>Natural Color (7.27 Mb) <LI>Chlorophyll Concentrations (9.41 Mb)
On September 21, 2004, the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) detected high concentrations of chlorophyll along the California, Oregon, and Washington shorelines—an indication that coastal upwelling was strong. An abundance of phytoplankton have colored the ocean waters dark green in the natural color image shown on the left. On the right, chlorophyll concentrations are shown, with the highest concentrations (dark red) near the shore. From the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which forms the border between Washington and Canada below the bank of clouds in the north, to the southern tip of California on the lower right side of the image, the entire U.S. coastline seems to be affected.
Metadata
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Sensor
OrbView-2/SeaWiFS -
Start Date
2004-09-21 -
Event Start Date
2004-09-21 -
NH Image ID
12478 -
NH Event ID
10494 -
NH Posting Date
2004-09-30