Latest Satellite Imagery

Date: 22 Oct 07

Latest posting of northern Borneo images can also be found at

http://marufish.blogspot.com/

MODIS Chlorophyll a

Chlorophyll a concentration is a proxy to the number of phytoplankton in the water.

SST

NLw551

RGB True Color

News

N/A

Comment:

1. High chlorophyll a and warm water along the coast of northern Borneo.
2. Interesting observation of slightly increase chlorophyll a at top left corner (9N 113 E) of the chlo image. This deep offshore area normally low in chlo and nutrient.

All the Above data can be downloaded from

ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/XM/d703147c/655/

(*The file name in the directory is arranged according to the Julian date, eg. 2005001 = 1 Jan 05, 2005032 = 1 Feb 05)

Reference Map

(Please check the map if you are unfamiliar with the location name in northern Borneo)

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