Pathfinder SST Time Series

Pathfinder SST Time Series
(1985-2003)

The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) time series for 24 coral reef sites linked from the table below are the time series derived from the NOAA/NASA Pathfinder V4 9-km satellite AVHRR SSTs. The 24 reef sites are the selected sites for NOAA Coral Reef Watch's operational Coral Bleaching Virtual Stations Web page. These time series were updated in March 2004 using the Pathfinder V4 9-km satellite nighttime-only SSTs: V4.1 for 1985-1999 and Interm V4.1 for 2000-2003. For more information, please check out the NOAA NODC Pathfinder SST Website. The 9 km pixel locations where the time series were extracted are the pixels closest to the 50 km pixels where the near-real-time satellite SSTs are extracted for the 24 reef sites on the Coral Bleaching Virtual Stations Web page. The centers of the Pathfinder 9 km pixels may differ slightly from the centers of their corresponding operational 50 km pixels.

In the time series charts, Coral Bleaching Threshold SST = Maximum Monthly Mean SST + 1 degree C. Please note that the thresholds used on the Pathfinder SST time series charts were derived from the Pathfinder SSTs and are often different from the thresholds used for the near-real-time time series for the 24 reef sites, which were derived from operational SSTs.

Click on a location name to see the SST time series at that location.

Atlantic Ocean Peak season* (N) Jul-Sep (S) Jan-Mar	Pacific Ocean Peak season* (N) Jul-Sep (S) Jan-Mar		Indian Ocean Peak season* (N) Apr-Jun (S) Jan-Apr
Bermuda 32.04N 64.47W^**	Midway Atoll, US 28.52N, 177.50W	Guam 12.96N, 144.54E	Oman - Muscat 24.04N, 57.96E
Sombrero Reef, FL 25.00N 81.52W	Oahu-Maui, HI 20.96N, 157.98W	Enewetok 11.47N, 162.03E	Maldives-Male 4.09N, 73.08E
Bahamas, Lee Stocking Isl. 23.51N, 76.51W	Palmyra Atoll 6.02N, 162.03W	Palau 7.51N, 133.99E	Seychelles-Mahe 4.97S, 56.03E
Puerto Rico 17.97N, 67.54W	Galapagos 1.01S, 90.04W	Davies Reef GBR, AU 19.03S, 147.52E	Cobourg Park, AU 10.50S, 132.50E
Virgin Islands, US 17.97N, 65W	American Samoa-Ofu 14.02S, 170.02W	Heron Island GBR, AU 23.51S, 152.01E	Scott Reef, AU 14.02S, 122.04E
Glovers, Belize 16.57N, 87.93W	Tahiti-Moorea 17.53S, 150.51W	Fiji-Beqa 18.50S, 178.46E	Ningaloo, AU 21.49S, 114.04E

2000-present SST time series

* Peak season: the season when coral bleaching usually occurs in a year. Peak season is usually the local summer season. In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer season is typically July through September; in the Southern Hemisphere, the summer season is typically January through March.
** Latitude and longitude given here for each reef site are the latitude and longitude of the center of a 9 km satellite SST pixel.

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