============================================================================== [NOAA Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Alert 20110804] (experimental product) ============================================================================== Summary of the bleaching alerts issued in this update for the NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) Virtual Stations subscribed to by abc@email.com ****************************************************************************** * DON'T FORGET: Bleaching or no bleaching, please report it to ReefBase! * * http://www.reefbase.org/contribute/bleachingreport.aspx * ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlantic Ocean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Caribbean -- Bocas del Toro, Panama (+) Bleaching Watch -- Curacao and Aruba (-) No Stress -- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba (+) Bleaching Watch -- Puerto Morelos, Mexico (+) Bleaching Watch -- Santa Marta, Colombia (+) Bleaching Watch ** Florida -- Gulf SW FL Shelf, Florida (-) Bleaching Watch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pacific Ocean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Micronesia -- Wake Atoll (-) No Stress ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Southeast Asia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Coral Triangle == Papua New Guinea -- Kimbe Bay, PNG (-) No Stress == Philippines -- Batanes, Philippines (+) Bleaching Watch ** East Asia -- Paracel Islands, China (+) Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== (+) and (-): indicating increase or decrease in bleaching thermal stress level at a station from its previous stress level. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Current stress levels and alerts for CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/alerts/vs_summary_stress_current.txt Detailed views of individual sites can be found using Google Earth: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/ge/products/CRWGE_CurrentProducts.kmz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See below for detailed alert information for the stations listed above. Note: An alert is issued only when a station experiences a change in thermal stress level. For more information, see the description at the the end of this message. A complete list of the available CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/docs/list_vs_group_latlon_201103.txt ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (+) Bocas del Toro, Panama: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 3.5 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.2 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 28.7 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 28.5 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Bocas del Toro, Panama --07/21/2011 No Stress --07/07/2011 Bleaching Watch --06/13/2011 Bleaching Warning --05/23/2011 Bleaching Watch --11/15/2010 No Stress SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/caribbean.html#BocasdelToro_Panama Reef site name : Bocas del Toro, Panama SST Pixel latitude : 9.5 SST Pixel longitude : -81.5 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (-) Curacao and Aruba: No Stress ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.0 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 27.3 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 28.5 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Curacao and Aruba --08/01/2011 Bleaching Watch --06/20/2011 No Stress --06/09/2011 Bleaching Watch --11/25/2010 No Stress --11/18/2010 Bleaching Watch SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/caribbean.html#CuracaoandAruba Reef site name : Curacao and Aruba SST Pixel latitude : 12.5 SST Pixel longitude : -69.5 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: No Stress ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (+) Isla de la Juventud, Cuba: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.3 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 29.6 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 29.3 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Isla de la Juventud, Cuba --08/01/2011 No Stress --07/21/2011 Bleaching Watch --06/23/2011 No Stress --06/16/2011 Bleaching Watch --10/07/2010 No Stress SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/caribbean.html#IsladelaJuventud_Cuba Reef site name : Isla de la Juventud, Cuba SST Pixel latitude : 21.5 SST Pixel longitude : -83.5 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (+) Puerto Morelos, Mexico: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.3 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 29.4 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 29.1 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Puerto Morelos, Mexico --07/28/2011 No Stress --07/25/2011 Bleaching Watch --10/11/2010 No Stress --08/02/2010 Bleaching Watch --07/15/2010 No Stress SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/caribbean.html#PuertoMorelos_Mexico Reef site name : Puerto Morelos, Mexico SST Pixel latitude : 21.0 SST Pixel longitude : -86.5 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (+) Santa Marta, Colombia: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.5 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 28.8 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 28.3 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Santa Marta, Colombia --07/25/2011 No Stress --07/18/2011 Bleaching Watch --07/14/2011 No Stress --06/20/2011 Bleaching Watch --06/16/2011 No Stress SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/caribbean.html#SantaMarta_Colombia Reef site name : Santa Marta, Colombia SST Pixel latitude : 11.5 SST Pixel longitude : -74.5 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (-) Gulf SW FL Shelf, Florida: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 2.4 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.9 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 30.2 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 29.3 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Gulf SW FL Shelf, Florida --07/21/2011 Bleaching Warning --07/14/2011 Bleaching Watch --07/11/2011 No Stress --06/23/2011 Bleaching Watch --09/30/2010 No Stress SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/florida.html#GulfSWFLShelf_Florida Reef site name : Gulf SW FL Shelf, Florida SST Pixel latitude : 25.0 SST Pixel longitude : -82.0 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (-) Wake Atoll: No Stress ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.0 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 29.0 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 29.1 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Wake Atoll --08/01/2011 Bleaching Watch --09/14/2009 No Stress --09/07/2009 Bleaching Watch --07/30/2009 No Stress --06/08/2009 Bleaching Watch SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/micronesia.html#WakeAtoll Reef site name : Wake Atoll SST Pixel latitude : 19.5 SST Pixel longitude : 166.0 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: No Stress ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (-) Kimbe Bay, PNG: No Stress ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.0 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 29.5 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 29.5 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Kimbe Bay, PNG --04/11/2011 Bleaching Watch --03/17/2011 Bleaching Alert Level 1 --03/03/2011 Bleaching Warning --01/24/2011 Bleaching Watch --01/13/2011 Bleaching Alert Level 1 SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/papuanewguinea.html#KimbeBay_PNG Reef site name : Kimbe Bay, PNG SST Pixel latitude : -5.0 SST Pixel longitude : 150.5 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: No Stress ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (+) Batanes, Philippines: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.1 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 29.4 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 29.3 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Batanes, Philippines --08/01/2011 No Stress --07/25/2011 Bleaching Watch --07/21/2011 No Stress --07/07/2011 Bleaching Watch --06/23/2011 No Stress SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/philippines.html#Batanes_Philippines Reef site name : Batanes, Philippines SST Pixel latitude : 20.0 SST Pixel longitude : 122.0 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== ============================================================================== [Exp. CRW Alert 20110804] (+) Paracel Islands, China: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== EXPERIMENTAL Virtual Station Product Satellite observations: 04:00h UTC 01 Aug. 2011 - 03:00h UTC 04 Aug. 2011 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks : 0.0 Deg C-week -- Coral bleaching HotSpot : 0.5 Deg C -- Sea surface temperature : 29.8 Deg C -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 29.3 Deg C For more information, please visit: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Most Recent Alert(s) for Paracel Islands, China --07/18/2011 No Stress --07/07/2011 Bleaching Watch --06/27/2011 No Stress --06/06/2011 Bleaching Watch --05/30/2011 No Stress SST Time Series: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/eastasia.html#ParacelIslands_China Reef site name : Paracel Islands, China SST Pixel latitude : 16.5 SST Pixel longitude : 112.5 Location map: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.html Current Status: Bleaching Watch ============================================================================== ============================================================================== Note: A bleaching alert for a Coral Reef Watch Virtual Station will be generated only when there is a change in the alert level at that station. Definitions of Alert Levels: --No Stress: No thermal stress (HotSpot <= 0) --Watch: Low-level thermal stress (0 < HotSpot < 1) --Warning: Thermal stress is accumulating (HotSpot >= 1 and 0 < DHW < 4) --Alert Level 1: Bleaching expected (HotSpot >= 1 and 4 <= DHW < 8) --Alert Level 2: Significant bleaching expected (HotSpot >= 1 and DHW >= 8) A (+) or (-) in the subject line indicates an increase or decrease in the thermal stress level from the previous alert issued for this station. The most recent thermal stress levels issued for a station are included as reference. A complete list of the available CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/docs/list_vs_group_latlon_201103.txt Current stress levels and alerts for CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/alerts/vs_summary_stress_current.txt Your bleaching observations (including observations of no bleaching) would be greatly appreciated. Bleaching observations can be sent to coralreefwatch@noaa.gov and/or the NOAA/ReefBase collaborative online bleaching report form: http://www.reefbase.org/contribute/bleachingreport.aspx. Should you have any questions or feedback on our Satellite Bleaching Alert, please send an e-mail to coralreefwatch@noaa.gov. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an e-mail to coralreefwatch@noaa.gov Although the bleaching alert for this particular reef site is experimental, the description provided on the main web page of the NOAA Coral Reef Watch operational Satellite Bleaching Alert (SBA) system applies. http://coralreefwatch-satops.noaa.gov/SBA.html ============================================================================== NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program 04 Aug 2011 ==============================================================================