SoundHAB: Eyes Over Puget Sound August 27th, 2012

[Christopher Krembs]

Ecology’s Marine News: “EYES OVER PUGET SOUND” 
Surface condition report from August 27th, 2012 is now available.

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/surface.html

What you will find:

•Extensive red-brown blooms in finger inlets in South Sound as well as Sinclair Inlet. 

•Very green bloom in Quartermaster Harbor, macro-algae abundant in Central Basin. 

•Spectacular Puyallup river plume in Commencement Bay extending into Tacoma Narrows.

•Jellyfish patches are getting big in Sinclair Inlet and Budd Inlet.


The pdf document is around 5 MB, upload times may vary. The pdf document has clickable navigation links. 

Source images of the entire flight are located at:
ftp://www.ecy.wa.gov/eap/Flight_Blog/latest_pictures/

Note: If you wish to have access to images right after the flight please send me an e-mail at ckre461 at ecy.wa.gov and I put you on a pre-release alert list with an ftp link.

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EOPS goals:

We provide timely and spatially nested information on visible surface features in Puget Sound to improve temporal and spatial context. We deliver information on surface conditions in Puget Sound within 2 days of aerial observation. 
EOPS material supports awareness, education, and inspires others.

A cost effective environmental news product:

We use routine empty transit flights between Kenmore Airbase and Olympia to document current marine surface conditions by camera. We supplement the information with satellite images, en route ferry, weather and mooring data.


We hope the images are inspiring and informative.

With best regards,

Christopher and the Marine Monitoring Unit

You may subscribe or unsubscribe on the Eyes Over Puget Sound email listserv:
http://listserv.wa.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A0=ECOLOGY-EYES-OVER-PUGET-SOUND

Dr. Christopher Krembs
Senior Oceanographer, Marine Monitoring Unit Environmental Assessment Program Washington State Department of Ecology



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