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SOME CORAL REEFS MAY RECEIVE NATURAL SAFEGUARD
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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April 1, 2008
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A new study suggests that a natural ocean mechanism helps to protect coral reefs in warm-ocean areas by moderating ocean temperatures. Published recently in Geophysical Research Letters, the research provides insight into the theory of a natural "thermostat" in the ocean that prevents sea surface temperatures from rising above 88°F.
An increase in water temperature is one of the main causes of coral bleaching, which causes corals to turn white and eventually collapse and die. The new study looked at the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP), a biologically diverse area northeast of Australia with naturally warm ocean temperatures-around 85°F on average. While sea surface temperatures of most ...
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Research shows stormy weather linked with sea surface temperature
Xinhua News Agency;
January 31, 2008 ;
400 words
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Effects of cloud parameterization on the simulation of climate changes in...
Journal of Climate;
September 1, 2002 ;
Yao, Mao-Sung; Genio, Anthony D Del;
787 words
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The Probability Distribution of Sea Surface Wind Speeds. Part II: Dataset...
Journal of Climate;
February 15, 2006 ;
Monahan, Adam Hugh;
787 words
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Journal of Physical Oceanography;
August 1, 2001 ;
Leeuwenburgh, Olwijn; Stammer, Detlef;
787 words
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The Southern Ocean Waves Experiment. Part III: Sea Surface Slope...
Journal of Physical Oceanography;
March 1, 2008 ;
Walsh, E J; Banner, M L; Wright, C W; Vandemark, D C; Chapron, B; Jensen, J; Lee, S;
787 words
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Sea surface warming contributes to increased hurricane activities: Report
Xinhua News Agency;
February 1, 2008 ;
330 words
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The effect of instrument polarization sensitivity on sea surface remote...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;
May 1, 2002 ;
Shaw, Joseph A;
787 words
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System design considerations for the retrieval of sea surface temperatures...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;
January 1, 1999 ;
Hutchison, Keith D; Marusa, Steve; Henderson, John R; Kenley, Robert C; Et al;
787 words
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Steven's 'Sea Surface Full of Clouds.' (Wallace Stevens)
The Explicator;
March 22, 1993 ;
Silverman, Ricki Lee;
787 words
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The Probability Distribution of Sea Surface Wind Speeds. Part I: Theory...
Journal of Climate;
February 15, 2006 ;
Monahan, Adam Hugh;
787 words
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Spatial and temporal extent of sea surface temperature modifications by...
Monthly Weather Review;
May 1, 1998 ;
Nelson, Norman B;
787 words
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Satellite-derived sea surface temperatures: Evaluation of GOES-8 and...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;
June 1, 1998 ;
May, Douglas A; Osterman, Walter O;
787 words
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Picture of the month: Satellite imagery of sea surface temperature cooling...
Monthly Weather Review;
October 1, 1997 ;
Monaldo, Frank M; Sikora, Todd D; Babin, Steven M; Sterner, Raymond E;
787 words
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Solid-state radiometer measurements of sea surface skin temperature
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;
June 1, 1998 ;
Donlon, C J; Keogh, S J; Baldwin, D J; Robinson, I S; Et al;
787 words
......NIGHTINGALE,**AND W. EMERY* ABSTRACT Satellite sea surface skin temperature (SSST) maps are readily...However, the use of subsurface bulk sea surface temperature (BSST) measurements as the...required for the development of new sea surface temperature algorithms and the accurate...
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Radiometric validation of ERS-1 along-track scanning radiometer average...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;
June 1, 1998 ;
Donlon, Craig J; Robinson, Ian S;
787 words
......latitude by half-degree longitude average sea surface temperature (ASST) measurement representative...global climate studies. Radiometric skin sea surface temperature (SSST) and bulk sea surface temperature (BSST) observations are presented...
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