Blackwater: SeaWiFS False Color (Chlorophyll)

  • Released Thursday, March 21, 2002
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Scientists are baffled by a mysterious 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico off southern Florida, an area normally rife with fish but described by fishermen now as fouled by murky waters and barren of marine life.

Researchers speculate the black water, as local fishermen have dubbed it, may be a result
of an algae bloom, not unlike red tide outbreaks that afflict the Suncoast region. This is a false color
visualization showing chlorophyll.

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date Jan. 9, 2002

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date Jan. 9, 2002

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date Jan. 16, 2002

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date Jan. 16, 2002

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date Feb. 4, 2002

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date Feb. 4, 2002

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date March 18, 2002

SeaWiFS Image of Blackwater, False color date March 18, 2002

This Colorbar shows the range of Chlorophyll Concentration

This Colorbar shows the range of Chlorophyll Concentration

Video slate image reads, "Mysterious Blackwater Event: False Color. Scientists are baffled by a mysterious 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico off southern Florida, an area normally rife with fish but described by fishermen now as fouled by murky waters and barren of marine life. Data dates: 2002/01/09, 2002/01/16, 2002/02/04, 2002/03/18".

Video slate image reads, "Mysterious Blackwater Event: False Color. Scientists are baffled by a mysterious 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico off southern Florida, an area normally rife with fish but described by fishermen now as fouled by murky waters and barren of marine life. Data dates: 2002/01/09, 2002/01/16, 2002/02/04, 2002/03/18".

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).

This page was originally published on Thursday, March 21, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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Datasets used

  • [SeaStar: SeaWiFS]

    ID: 100
    Sensor: SeaWiFS Dates used: 2002/01/09, 2002/01/16, 2002/02/04, 2002/03/18

    NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye

    Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).

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