Names of the original 24 Virtual Stations in the new system NOAA Coral Reef Watch's Operational Satellite Bleaching Alert system has been upgraded and expanded to include 227 Virtual Stations. The list of the 227 stations may be viewed at: http://coralreefwatch-satops.noaa.gov/VS/list_vs_group_latlon_201103.txt The 24 Virtual Stations in the original operational Satellite Bleaching Alert system are listed below. All 24 stations are represented in the new 227-station system with their original latitude and longitude values. The * symbol indicates a station given a new name under the new 227-station system. Original Name New Name Latitude Longitude ============================================================================= Atlantic Ocean * Bahamas-LSI Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas 23.5 -76.5 Bermuda Bermuda 32.0 -64.5 * Glovers, Belize Glovers Reef, Belize 16.5 -88.0 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 18.0 -67.5 * Sombrero Reef, FL Gulf Sloughsway, Florida 25.0 -81.5 * Virgin Islands, US US Virgin Islands 18.0 -65.0 Pacific Ocean * American Samoa-Ofu Ofu -14.0 -170.0 * Davies Reef GBR, AU Davies Reef, GBR -19.0 147.5 * Enewetok Enewetak, Marshall Islands 11.5 162.0 * Fiji-Beqa Beqa, Fiji -18.5 178.5 * Galapagos Galapagos, Ecuador -1.0 -90.0 * Guam Santa Rosa Reef, Guam 13.0 144.5 * Heron Island GBR, AU Heron Island, GBR -23.5 152.0 * Midway Atoll, US Midway Atoll North 28.5 -177.5 * Oahu-Maui, HI Oahu 21.0 -158.0 Palau Palau 7.5 134.0 Palmyra Atoll Palmyra Atoll 6.0 -162.0 * Tahiti-Moorea Tahiti and Moorea, French Polynesia -17.5 -150.5 Indian Ocean * Cobourg Park, AU Cobourg Park, Australia -10.5 132.5 * Maldives-Male Male, Maldives 4.0 73.0 * Ningaloo, AU Ningaloo, Australia -21.5 114.0 * Oman-Muscat Muscat, Oman 24.0 58.0 * Scott Reef, AU Scott Reef, Australia -14.0 122.0 * Seychelles-Mahe Mahe, Seychelles -5.0 56.0 Coral Reef Watch's Virtual Station homepage: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs.php