Abstract:

Anomaly data is a product generated in the Ocean Weather Lab using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite and American Seas (AMSEAS) model parameters to detect anomalous conditions in the Gulf of Mexico. This subset was presented at the SPIE conference in Anaheim, CA in 2017. Anomaly fields are created using the difference between the week of interest and the previous 8-week mean (with a 2 week lag). Masks of standard deviation are also provided to mute variability within chosen degrees of standard deviation. The data are supplied as zipped kmz files for use in Google Earth. Each kmz provided contains a kml (location file) and a png (image file). Similar data from June-August 2015 can be found in dataset R4.x260.000:0053.

Suggested Citation:

Jones, Erin and Arnone, Robert. 2017. Dynamic anomaly of bio-optical and physical environmental properties (DAP) in the Gulf of Mexico, April-August 2016. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7PK0D7K

Publications:

Arnone, R., & Jones, B. (2017). Monitoring abnormal bio-optical and physical properties in the Gulf of Mexico . Ocean Sensing and Monitoring IX. doi:10.1117/12.2266789

Arnone, R. A., Jones, B., Ladner , S., & Soto, I. (2018). Seasonal trends of biophysical ocean properties and anomalies across the Mississippi Shelf . Ocean Sensing and Monitoring X. doi:10.1117/12.2309427

Jones, B., & Arnone, R. A. (2018). Anomalous marine biophysical conditions due to 2016 and 2017 wind and flooding events in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Sensing and Monitoring X. doi:10.1117/12.2309889

Purpose:

To monitor abnormal bio-optical and physical properties in the Gulf of Mexico.

Data Parameters and Units:

salinity (psu)

Methods:

We use a variant of L2GEN as our primary software when processing satellite observations. https://seadas.gsfc.nasa.gov/help/seadas-processing/ProcessL2gen.html SeaDAS Help - Data Processing Tools - l2gen seadas.gsfc.nasa.gov l2gen. Creates a Level 2 file from an input Level 1 (A or B) file. Location. Tools -> OCSSW Processing -> l2gen. Details. For the command line version of help run

Instruments:

AMSEAS model

Individual Files: