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Coastal turbidity on the Southeast Florida Shelf - Monitoring turbid water sources and fates by satellite in the Palm Beach renourishment project region of interest (SECREMP_PB2) from 2002-07-04 to 2018-03-21 (NCEI Accession 0173407)


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            title:  Coastal turbidity on the Southeast Florida Shelf - Monitoring turbid water sources and fates by satellite in the Palm Beach renourishment project region of interest (SECREMP_PB2) from 2002-07-04 to 2018-03-21 (NCEI Accession 0173407)
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        abstract:  This dataset contains relative turbidity data and environmental correlates (modeled wave height) for the Southeast Florida Shelf from 2002 to 2018 in the Palm Beach renourishment project region of interest (SECREMP_PB2). These data are in gridded netCDF binary format - Hierarchical Data Format (version 5), NETCDF4 CLASSIC_MODEL.
        purpose:  Turbidity can have a significant impact on coral reef ecosystems, through light limitation, sedimentation, and eutrophication (e.g., Bessell-Browne et al. 2017). Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection (FDEP) made as a priority in their 2004 Local Action Strategy (LAS; FDEP 2004), to determine the tracks and fates of turbidity in the waters of the northern Florida reef tract (FRT). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA - CRCP) funded a collaborative project in 2013-2015 (Project #881), to help meet this priority. Potential sources of turbidity described in the literature include natural sediment resuspension due to wind and waves (e.g., Storlazzi and Jaffe 2008), tidal runoff and coastal inlets and oceanic wastewater outfalls (Staley et al. 2017), and other human activities such as dredging (e.g., Wang and Beck 2017). Because of the complexity both of potential sources and of coastal circulation and mixing patterns, in situ monitoring of turbidity and associated sedimentation is challenging (e.g., Whinney et al. 2017). Using satellite remote sensing to monitor coastal turbidity has a variety of potential advantages (e.g., Hu et al. 2012). NOAA CRCP Project #881 was funded to provide managers with historical maps of turbidity, and alerts and maps for near real-time tracking of turbidity plumes, in coastal waters of three CRCP priority jurisdictions: American Samoa (including Faga'alu), CNMI, and south Florida (including reefs offshore of projects for port/tunnel expansion and beach refurbishment in three Counties). Academic partners (USF) in collaboration with AOML began back-processing and analyzing remote-sensing data in 2013 to produce maps of "relative turbidity", an indicator of change in available light, for the three target regions. These relative turbidity or "Color Index" (CI) maps are gathered via MODIS ocean color instruments on two polar-orbiting satellites at 250 m spatial resolution. Maps have been produced for analysis from July 2002 to the present, and new maps are made available to management partners in all three jurisdictions in near real-time via public Web site.
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                code:  MODIS
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            description:  Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a key instrument aboard the Terra (EOS AM) and Aqua (EOS PM) satellites. Terra's orbit around the Earth is timed so that it passes from north to south across the equator in the morning, while Aqua passes south to north over the equator in the afternoon. Terra MODIS and Aqua MODIS are viewing the entire Earth's surface every 1 to 2 days, acquiring data in 36 spectral bands, or groups of wavelengths (see MODIS Technical Specifications). MODIS Technical Specifications Orbit: 705 km, 10:30 a.m. descending node (Terra) or 1:30 p.m. ascending node (Aqua), sun-synchronous, near-polar, circular Scan Rate: 20.3 rpm, cross track Swath Dimensions: 2330 km (cross track) by 10 km (along track at nadir) Telescope: 17.78 cm diam. off-axis, afocal (collimated), with intermediate field stop Size: 1.0 x 1.6 x 1.0 m Weight: 228.7 kg Power: 162.5 W (single orbit average) Data Rate: 10.6 Mbps (peak daytime); 6.1 Mbps (orbital average) Quantization: 12 bits Spatial Resolution: 250 m (bands 1-2); 500 m (bands 3-7); 1000 m (bands 8-36) Design Life: 6 years (From: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/index.html)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  Aqua
            description:  Updated information from ICES for the Name : Aqua Country(s) : UNITED STATES(US) (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 65 Orbiting satellite Commissioned Date : 2002-05-04 Decommissioned Date : 2016 Notes : 2nd flight unit of the EOS programme. Main mission is demonstration of advanced sensors for operational meteorology. Information Sources: - http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/79 Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-0 Instruments: AMSR-E et al NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2002-022A
            instrument:  #inst_be88
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  Terra
            description:  Updated information from ICES for the platform TERRA from UNITED STATES. Name Terra Country(s) US: UNITED STATES Platform Class 65: Orbiting satellite Commissioned Date 1999 Decommissioned Date 2016 Notes - Operational NASA Earth Observing System Satellite. Information Source (URL) - http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/81 Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-08. OTHER INFORMATION: Instruments: MODIS et al NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1999-068A
            instrument:  #inst_be88