Overview of NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program's near-real-time satellite global coral bleaching monitoring activities
"Coral bleaching has been considered as one of the major contributors to the increased worldwide deterioration of coral reef ecosystems being reported over the past few decades. Understandably the need for improved understanding, monitoring, and predictio...
Oceanographic conditions implicated in the 2002 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands bleaching event
"Beginning in late July 2002, NOAA's Coral Reef Watch program identified elevated sea surface temperature (SST), observed by both satellite and in-situ observations at Midway in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Based on these alerts, the focus of an ong...