Occluding cyclone in the Gulf of Alaska
GOES-11 6.7µm “water vapor channel” imagery (above; QuickTime animation) revealed a textbook signature of an occluding cyclone over the Gulf of Alaska on 17 May 2007. A... Read More
Category: Marine weather
Algae blooms off the California coast
According to news reports, algae blooms off the coast of California have been producing toxic levels of domoic acid that have recently killed large numbers of birds, sea lions, and dolphins. MODIS true color images centered over San Francisco, California (above; Read More
Sea Surface Temperatures in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
An AWIPS image of the 12 April 2007 MODIS Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean (above) showed a very sharp SST gradient between the cold waters of the Labrador Current (30-40º F, blue colors) and the warm waters... Read More
Undular bore over the Gulf Coast region
GOES-12 visible channel images (above; Java animation) revealed an undular bore that was propagating southeastward across the Gulf Coast region of the US on 11 April 2007. This feature was... Read More
