Sargassum Sub-Regional Outlook Bulletin – January 2021 – Vol 1 – Issue 8
Observation Technology
Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundation Report by NOAA and USF. Status: Dec 29 – Jan 4, 2021.
Outlook of 2020 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico* Dec 31st, 2020, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab (huc@usf.edu)
The maps show Sargassum abundance, with warm colors representing high abundance. In December 2020, the overall Sargassum amount increased in the offshore regions of the central Atlantic, including the Central West Atlantic (CWA, i.e., the region east of the Lesser Antilles in the maps above) and the Central East Atlantic (CEA). The following regions remained… Read More
2020 USVI Hurricane Gliders Update
Sargassum Sub- Regional Bulletin-November 2020
Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundantion Report by NOAA and University of South Florida- Status November 10-16, 2020
Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundantion Report by NOAA and University of South Florida- Status October 13-19, 2020
Outlook of 2020 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico* September 30th, 2020, by the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab
In September 2020, the overall Sargassum amount further decreased across most of the central Atlantic. Moderate amount was still observed in the Central West Atlantic and most of the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Sargassum Sub-Regional Outlook Bulletin – Sept 2020 Vol 1
The Ocean Acidification Buoy is currently getting its annual maintenance.
This week CARICOOS researchers recovered the ocean acidification buoy located at Cayo Enrique, La Parguera Lajas, Puerto Rico, to conduct its scheduled maintenance. This buoy is one of 19 NOAA Ocean Acidification Program supported buoys in coastal waters. Its main purpose is to measure ocean acidification and related parameters in a tropical coral reef environment in order to have… Read More
