Mapping And Monitoring Large-Scale Ocean Fronts Off The California Coast: Using Imagery From The Goes-10 Geostationary Satellite, July 2000-June 2004

Breaker, Laurence C.; Mavor, Timothy P.; Broenkow, William W.

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Mapping And Monitoring Large-Scale Ocean Fronts Off The California Coast: Using Imagery From The Goes-10 Geostationary Satellite, July 2000-June 2004

2005
By Breaker, Laurence C. ; Mavor, Timothy P. ; Broenkow, William W.
Series: Publication No. T-056

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Breaker, Laurence C. ; Mavor, Timothy P. ; Broenkow, William W.
Corporate Authors:

California Sea Grant College Program
NOAA Program & Office:

Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
Sea Grant Program:

CASG/CUIMR (California Sea Grant)
Description:

Information of the occurrence and location of ocean fronts off the coast of California is not readily available to the marine community. However, these ocean features are important to fisheries and ecosystems management, environmental monitoring, weather forecasting, search and rescue operations, and for habitat mapping of pelagic fisheries. Because of the need for information on ocean fronts, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, together with NOAA/NESDIS, have collaborated on a project to produce maps of frontal occurrence on a monthly basis from 30 deg. N to 43 deg. N, and from just beyond the coast, out to 128 deg. W, using imagery from the GOES-10 geostationary satellite. A total of 48 frontal maps were produced over the four-year period from July 2000 through June 2004. This information was provided to users over the internet during the project, and now that the project is complete, the information is available as a final report from California Sea Grant.
Keywords:

Fronts (Meteorology) Handbooks, Manuals, Etc. Maps Marine Meteorology Oceanography Remote Sensing Handbooks, Manuals, Etc. Marine Meteorology Remote Sensing
Series:

Publication No. T-056
Sea Grant Document Number:

CASG-M-05-001
Document Type:

Manuals & Handbooks
Funding:

Grant no. NA04OAR4170038
Place as Subject:

Pacific Coast (Calif.)
Rights Information:

Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:b035d4ce37ffa62e32c5f53fadb23de556164a6d9f31c8c431bb8d52753b89fe
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/37671/noaa_37671_DS1.pdf
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