A recent study used CoastWatch sea surface temperature data to explore the link between salmon shark strandings and water temperature. (Image courtesy Alaska Fish and Game)
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Access to near real-time and delayed science quality Level-2 VIIRS data can be made with the Granule Selector.
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CoastWatch formats are easily read by command-line and CDAT software. The software tools assist in mapping, converting, visualizing, and rendering CoastWatch data.
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The Tongue of the Ocean is a deep water basin in the Bahamas that is surrounded to the east, west and south by a carbonate bank known as the Great Bahama Bank.
CoastWatch provides timely access to near real-time satellite data to protect, restore, and manage United States coastal ocean resources, and understand climate variability and change to further enhance society's quality of life. The primary users include Federal, State, and local marine scientists, coastal resource managers, and the general public.
***NOTICE***
Level-2 AVHRR Swath products for Hawaii are now captured at a new station.
Filenames previously marked 'eb' now end in 'fi' for the new Ford Island receiving station
(i.e. 2016_293_0202_n19_fi.hdf). Mapped datasets are not affected.