Algal bloom in the Gulf of AdenCaught in mid February by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’
Algal bloom in the Gulf of AdenCaught in mid February by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s AQUA satellite is a winter bloom of phytoplankton that delineates the shifting currents in the narrow stretch of sea between Arabia and Africa (though the image has been processed to extract the maximal subtlety of data possible by highlighting colour differences). It is likely that several types of phytoplankton are present, though current spectroscopy does not permit us to tell them part, even though this information would be useful; to fisheries. Until the PACE mission now in development gets to launch we have to rely on fieldwork to calibrate them, whether reports from the shore of research vessels out at sea.LozImage credit: NASAhttps://go.nasa.gov/2GtW8kJ -- source link
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