NOAA Coral Reef Watch is conducting research and development on a new product that estimates the risk of an outbreak of coral disease. The Coral Disease Outbreak Risk is a regional experimental product, currently serving data for the Great Barrier Reef an...

"The Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division (SOCD) provides the research and development of remote sensing data on the world's oceans, and calibrates instruments, verifies the data, and creates products to meet the needs of users for satellite da...

"The Marine Ecosystems Branch (MEB), within the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division performs research and product development related to marine ecosystems and marine climate. Topics include coral reefs, sea and lake ice, sea surface temperatur...

"The Ocean Sensors Branch (OSB) conducts research using satellite and in-situ observations to infer various oceanic, coastal, climatic, and marine weather processes."

The purpose of these bleaching tutorial modules is to introduce some tools used to pinpoint areas around the world where corals are presently at risk for bleaching.

The Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) is the science arm of the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), which acquires and manages the nation's operational Earth-observing satellites. NESDIS provides da...

Coral Reef Watch brings together the expertise of ORA with OAR/ AOML and NMFS/ PIFSC to support monitoring efforts through satellite and in situ monitoring. CRW provides satellite-based monitoring techniques that augment ground-truthing information provid...

Satellites have revolutionized communication, entertainment, and scientific monitoring. It becomes increasingly relevant for our 21st-century students to learn about these objects that hover around our planet. Satellite monitoring of the environment aroun...