Fisheries & Aquaculture

New experimental mesoscale eddy products

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MUNSTER eddy identification product
The sea surface height team in NOAA’s Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry developed two experimental mesoscale eddy products: Multiparameter Eddy Significance Index (MESI) MUltiparameter NRT System for Tracking Eddies Retroactively (MUNSTER)

Upcoming ACSPO SST Filename change

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The NOAA Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) L3S-LEO-PM and L3S-LEO-DY products will be updated from ACSPO v2.80 to ACSPO v2.81 on October 2, 2023.  

The updates from V2.80 are:

NOAA-21 reaches Provisional Maturity for SST

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ACSPO Daytime SST layered with True Color
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) has approved NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Advanced Clear Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) sea surface temperature (SST) products for Provisional Maturity

C-HARM: Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms with Satellite Data

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ERDDAP Map Output for C-HARM v3.1 3-Day Forecast, Pseudo-nitzschia, cellular domoic acid, and particular domoic acid probability, California and Southern Oregon coast, 2022- present

The West Coast Node (WCN) of CoastWatch is home to thousands of datasets; from ACSPO SST to Vector Winds, their ERDDAP server stores decades of historic climate data. But one group of products stands out with its impact on the coastal communities of California and Southern Oregon: C-HARM.

TurtleWatch: A Tool for Reducing Loggerhead Turtle Bycatch

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Photo of a Loggerhead Turtle
Fisheries bycatch has been implicated as a contributing factor in the population decline of endangered Pacific loggerhead turtles. In order to reduce interactions between longline fishing vessels based in Hawaii and loggerhead sea turtles, the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center created an experimental information product called TurtleWatch.

Ocean acidification in the Caribbean

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Underwater photo of a coral reef
In collaboration with the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory's Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division and NOAA Coral Reef Watch, the Caribbean/Gulf of America node of CoastWatch produces an ocean acidification product suite for the greater Caribbean region to track changes in the surface ocean that can be used as an important tool in coral reef research and management.

Detecting Sea Level Anomalies with Satellites

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Global map projection displaying sea surface height anomalies
By studying sea level anomalies, scientists can improve understanding of ocean circulation patterns and improve forecasts of climatological events such as El Niño and La Niña. The NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry produces daily near-real time global sea level anomaly datasets from a constellation of radar altimeter missions.

Improving Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Analysis

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Map projection displaying sea surface temperature over the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Gulf of America
Information about sea surface temperature is important for weather and ocean forecasting, climate monitoring, military and defense operations, ecosystem assessment, fisheries analyses and tourism operations. NOAA's Sea Surface Temperature Team is working to improve their products by reanalyzing past data with NOAA's Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO) using the enterprise algorithm.

Identifying Climate-Driven Shifts in Jumbo Flying Squid Fishing Grounds

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Underwater photo of a Humbolt squid
The jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as the Humbolt squid, is an economically important fisheries species in the Eastern Pacific, currently accounting for approximately one third of the world's squid landings. Sea surface temperature and sea surface height data from NOAA OceanWatch Central Pacific node was used to research movements of their fishing ground.

EcoCast: A tool to help fishers minimize bycatch off the US West Coast

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EcoCast experimental forecast product depicting good areas to fish
The EcoCast tool uses habitat suitability models and satellite-derived environmental data to predict where broadbill swordfish and three bycatch species (leatherback turtle, blue shark and California sea lion) are likely to be each day. Daily EcoCast maps help fishers identify fishing spots minimize fisheries bycatch and maximize fisheries target catch.

Saharan Dust and its Impacts

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Visible satellite image of Saharan dust over the Atlantic Ocean
Winds blowing across the Sahara Desert send large clouds of dust that travel thousands of miles to the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea. The growth of phytoplankton, microscopic plants at the base of the ocean food chain, is restricted by iron availability. When Saharan dust is blown into the ocean, phytoplankton use the iron and nutrients from the dust and begin to grow and reproduce.
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