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Zones of coastal hypoxia revealed by satellite scanning have implications for strategic fishingLittle is known about the spatial and temporal scales of hypoxic bottom water areas that occur along the inner continental shelf of Texas and Louisiana. Because hypoxia appears to be related to surface chlorophyll and temperature, which can both be measured with the Coastal Zone Color Scanner aboard the Nimbus 7 satellite, an attempt has been made to determine whether conditions favorable for the formation of hypoxia could be detected and monitored from space. A linear discriminant function has identified areas of bottom water hypoxia detected by research vessels up to 10 days after satellite overpass, and predicted hypoxic areas without resort to research vessel data. Such space mapping may be of consequence for marine resource management and exploitation.
Document ID
19840059524
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Leming, T. D.
(NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Bay Saint Louis MS, United States)
Stuntz, W. E.
(NASA National Space Technology Laboratories Pascagoula, MS, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
July 12, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 310
ISSN: 0028-0836
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
84A42311
Distribution Limits
Public
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