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Monitoring of Oil Films Louisiana Shelf The dark slicks/patches are oil films from oil seeps on the ocean floor, and they disappear in a couple of days.

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1 Monitoring of Oil Films Louisiana Shelf The dark slicks/patches are oil films from oil seeps on the ocean floor, and they disappear in a couple of days due to various processes. GEO-CAPE can better monitor these oil films, quantify their amount and fate. S EW N 0 50 100 Kilometers Gulf of Mexico

2 Blooms of the blue-green algae or cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium spp., occur every year on the west Florida Shelf. This marine organism can adjust its buoyancy and vertically migrate. GEO-CAPE can provided unprecedented capability to stare at the vertical migration of Trichodesmium and other toxic algae for a better understanding of bloom dynamics.

3 Satellite (MODIS) image Aug. 30, 2005, 16:47 GMT Satellite (MODIS) image Aug. 27, 2005, 19:26 GMT 470 km 2 (120000 acres) under water Before Katrina After Katrina GEO-CAPE can provide timely information on flooding

4 GEO-CAPE can see estuaries more clearly SeaWiFS, 10/31/2000 17:57 GMT, 1-km MODIS, 11/1/2000 16:30 GMT, 250-m


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