Identification_Information: 
  Citation: 
    Citation_Information: 
      Originator: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
      Publication_Date: 20001201
      Title: Heron Island Sea Surface Temperature and Degree Heating Week Time Series Charts - NOAA Twice-Weekly Near-Real-Time
        50 km Satellite Nighttime AVHRR
      Edition: One
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: PNG images
      Publication_Information: 
        Publication_Place: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
        Publisher: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
      Online_Linkage: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/current/sst_series_24reefs.html
      Online_Linkage: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/current/sst_series_heron_cur.html
  Description: 
    Abstract: These web-posted charts show NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW)'s satellite sea surface temperature
      (SST) time series and coral bleaching Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) time series at a representative
      satellite pixel location for Heron Island coral reefs. In each chart, the corresponding
      thermal condition related to coral bleaching is color-coded based on a CRW standard and plotted
      below the time series. The time series were extracted from CRW's twice-weekly near-real-time 50 km
      satellite global nighttime AVHRR SSTs and SST derived DHWs. DHW product is one of CRW's near-real-time
      satellite coral bleaching monitoring products. DHW, in units of degree Celsius-weeks, are the
      accumulation of bleaching HotSpot anomalies during the previous 12 weeks whenever the SST equals or
      exceeds the coral bleaching threshold SST at the pixel. Bleaching HotSpots are SST anomalies
      exceeding the maximum monthly mean SST (shorten as MMMSST). The MMMSST is the maximum of twelve
      monthly mean SST climatology values, and the Coral Bleaching Threshold SST is defined as the MMMSST
      plus one degree Celsius. The MMMSST is location-specific. The time series cover a time period from
      Dec 2000 through the most recent twice-weekly time period up to near-real-time. Satellite data from
      the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA's Polar Orbiting Environmental
      Satellite (POES) are used to generate AVHRR SST. The near-real-time global SST data and bleaching
      DHW data and the time series charts for Heron Island coral reefs are produced twice-weekly on
      every Tuesday (using AVHRR data from the previous Saturday through Monday) and on every Saturday
      (using AVHRR data from the previous Tuesday through Friday).
    Purpose: The SST and DHW time series at selected locations, including Heron Island, were
      primarily developed for NOAA's Coral Reef Watch (CRW) from satellite data for both monitoring and
      assessment of coral bleaching. CRW's Other coral bleaching monitoring and assessment products
      include the SST anomalies, coral bleaching HotSpots, Degree Heating Weeks, Tropical Coral Bleaching
      Indices.
    Supplemental_Information: These time series are extracted from global SST and DHW data which are
      displayed at
      http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/current/key_sst_50km_field.html
      http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/dhw_retro.html
  Time_Period_of_Content: 
    Time_Period_Information: 
      Range_of_Dates/Times: 
        Beginning_Date: 20001201
        Ending_Date: present
    Currentness_Reference: publication date
  Status: 
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned
  Spatial_Domain: 
    Bounding_Coordinates: 
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: 151.25
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: 151.75
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: -23.25
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: -23.75
  Keywords: 
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
      Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
      Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Oceanography
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Theme_Keyword: NOAA
      Theme_Keyword: CoRIS
      Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef Watch
      Theme_Keyword: POES
      Theme_Keyword: Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite
      Theme_Keyword: chart
      Theme_Keyword: figure
      Theme_Keyword: oceanography
      Theme_Keyword: physical oceanography
      Theme_Keyword: time series
      Theme_Keyword: monitoring
      Theme_Keyword: assessment
      Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
      Theme_Keyword: satellite
      Theme_Keyword: image
      Theme_Keyword: map
      Theme_Keyword: AVHRR
      Theme_Keyword: SST
      Theme_Keyword: sea surface
      Theme_Keyword: sea surface temperature
      Theme_Keyword: temperature
      Theme_Keyword: Degree Heating Weeks
      Theme_Keyword: DHW
      Theme_Keyword: thermal stress
      Theme_Keyword: stress
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
      Theme_Keyword: oceans
      Theme_Keyword: 014
    Place: 
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
      Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Coral Sea > Great Barrier Reef > Capricorn Group > Heron Island Reef (23S151E0001)
      Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Australia > Queensland > Mackay / Capricorn Section > Heron Island Reef (23S151E0001)
    Place: 
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Place_Keyword: globe
      Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
      Place_Keyword: Coral Sea
      Place_Keyword: Great Barrier Reef
      Place_Keyword: Australia
      Place_Keyword: Queensland
      Place_Keyword: Heron Island Reef
      Place_Keyword: Heron Island
    Temporal: 
      Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Temporal_Keyword: real time
      Temporal_Keyword: near real time
      Temporal_Keyword: present
      Temporal_Keyword: current
  Access_Constraints: none
  Use_Constraints: Not intended for legal use. Data may contain inaccuracies
    due to clouded or mixed pixels.
  Point_of_Contact: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Organization_Primary: 
        Contact_Organization: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
        Contact_Person: C. Mark Eakin, Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: NOAA E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308, 1335 East West Hwy
        City: Silver Spring
        State_or_Province: Maryland
        Postal_Code: 20910-3226
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2857 x 109
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3136
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov, mark.eakin@noaa.gov
Data_Quality_Information: 
  Attribute_Accuracy: 
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES)
      AVHRR-SST values are accurate to within 0.5 degrees C and adjusted by
      in-situ information (buoys) to best-approximate SST at a depth of 1
      meter. However, to provide a complete global coverage, estimation of
      SSTs at all pixels that are cloud covered may occasionally reduce the
      accuracy of SST at these pixels. The accuracy of the DHW depends
      on both SST and the SST climatology used for deriving DHW. No estimation
      on the accuracy of DHW has been done yet.
  Logical_Consistency_Report: none
  Completeness_Report: Selected references:
    1) The information for the AVHRR-derived sea surface temperature is described
    in the following guide.
    Goodrum G., K. B. Kidwell, and W. Winston, 2000, NOAA KLM USER'S GUIDE. U.S.
    Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National
    Climatic Data Center, Climate Services Division, Satellite Services
    Branch, FOB3, Room G227, E/CC33, 5200 Auth Road, Suitland, MD 20746-4304,
    USA. This manual is available on line at
    http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm/cover.htm. To request additional
    information contact: Telephone: (828) 271-4850, Telefax: (828) 271-4876,
    Email: satorder@ncdc.noaa.gov.
    2) Strong, A. E., C. S. Barrientos, C. Duda, and J. Sapper, 1997: Improved
    Satellite Technique for Monitoring Coral Reef Bleaching. Proc 8th International
    Coral Reef Symposium 2:1495-1498. Available also online at URL
    http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/icrs_dud.html.
    3) Liu, G., W. Skirving, and A.E. Strong. 2003. Remote sensing of sea surface
    temperatures during 2002 Barrier Reef coral bleaching. EOS, 84(15), 137-144.
    4) Skirving, W.J., A.E. Strong, G. Liu, C. Liu, F. Arzayus, J. Sapper and E.
    Bayler,  Extreme events and perturbations of coastal ecosystems:  Sea surface
    temperature change and coral bleaching. Chapter 2 in Remote Sensing of Aquatic
    Coastal Ecosystem Processes, L.L. Richardson and E.F. LeDrew (Co-Eds), Kluwer
    publishers, January, 2006.
  Positional_Accuracy: 
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: 
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Users are referred to the
        following guide. Goodrum G., K. B. Kidwell, and W. Winston, 2000, NOAA
        KLM USER'S GUIDE. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
        Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
        Information Service, National Climatic Data Center, Climate Services
        Division, Satellite Services Branch, FOB3, Room G227, E/CC33, 5200
        Auth Road, Suitland, MD 20746-4304, USA. This manual is available on
        line at http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm/cover.htm. To request
        additional information contact: Telephone: (828) 271-4850, Telefax:
        (828) 271-4876, Email: satorder@ncdc.noaa.gov.
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: 
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: none
  Lineage: 
    Source_Information: 
      Source_Citation: 
        Citation_Information: 
          Originator: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
          Publication_Date: 20000101
          Title: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Near-Real-Time 50 km Satellite Global Nighttime
            AVHRR Sea Surface Temperatures
          Edition: one
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: data file
          Publication_Information: 
            Publication_Place: Suitland, Maryland, USA
            Publisher: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
      Type_of_Source_Media: Digital
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
        Time_Period_Information: 
          Range_of_Dates/Times: 
            Beginning_Date: 20000101
            Ending_Date: present
        Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA CRW Near-Real-Time 50 km Satellite Global
        Nighttime AVHRR SSTs
      Source_Contribution: SST time series in the product were extracted from this source
        data.
    Source_Information: 
      Source_Citation: 
        Citation_Information: 
          Originator: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
            NOAA/NESDIS
          Publication_Date: 20000101
          Title: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Near-Real-Time 50 km Satellite Global Coral Bleaching
            Degree Heating Weeks (Global)
          Edition: one
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: data file
          Publication_Information: 
            Publication_Place: Suitland, Maryland, USA
            Publisher: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
      Type_of_Source_Media: data file
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
        Time_Period_Information: 
          Range_of_Dates/Times: 
            Beginning_Date: 20000101
            Ending_Date: present
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA CRW Near-Real-Time 50 km Satellite Global Coral
        Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks
      Source_Contribution: DHW time series in the product were extracted from this source.
    Process_Step: 
      Process_Description: Raw or Level 0, 1a, or 1b data from satellite
        sensors is processed to the product level and mapped. The SST and DHW time
        series are extracted from the global SST and DHW datasets at the geographic
        location of the satellite observations nearest the selected reef site and
        then visualized in the time series charts. The following references may be
        helpful to describe the data processing for the corresponding products.
        1) Strong, A. E., C. S. Barrientos, C. Duda, and J. Sapper, 1997: Improved
        Satellite Technique for Monitoring Coral Reef Bleaching. Proc 8th
        International Coral Reef Symposium 2:1495-1498. Available also online at URL
        http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/icrs_dud.html
        2) Liu, G., W. Skirving, and A.E. Strong. 2003. Remote sensing of sea surface
        temperatures during 2002 Barrier Reef coral bleaching. EOS, 84(15), 137-144.
        3) Skirving, W.J., A.E. Strong, G. Liu, C. Liu, F. Arzayus, J. Sapper and E.
        Bayler,  Extreme events and perturbations of coastal ecosystems:  Sea surface
        temperature change and coral bleaching. Chapter 2 in Remote Sensing of Aquatic
        Coastal Ecosystem Processes, L.L. Richardson and E.F. LeDrew (Co-Eds), Kluwer
        publishers, January, 2006
        4) The information for the AVHRR-derived sea surface temperature is described in
        the following user's guide.
        Goodrum G., K. B. Kidwell, and W. Winston, 2000, NOAA KLM USER'S GUIDE. U.S.
        Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
        National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National
        Climatic Data Center, Climate Services Division, Satellite Services Branch,
        FOB3, Room G227, E/CC33, 5200 Auth Road, Suitland, MD 20746-4304, USA. This
        manual is available on line at http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm/cover.htm.
        To request additional information contact: Telephone: (828) 271-4850,
        Telefax: (828) 271-4876, Email: satorder@ncdc.noaa.gov.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA CRW Near-Real-Time 50 km Satellite
        Global Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature Fields
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA CRW Near-Real-Time 50 km Satellite
        Global Coral Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks
      Process_Date: not complete
      Process_Contact: 
        Contact_Information: 
          Contact_Organization_Primary: 
            Contact_Organization: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
            Contact_Person: C. Mark Eakin, Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
          Contact_Address: 
            Address_Type: mailing and physical address
            Address: NOAA E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308, 1335 East West Hwy
            City: Silver Spring
            State_or_Province: Maryland
            Postal_Code: 20910-3226
            Country: USA
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2857 x 109
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3136
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov, mark.eakin@noaa.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: 
  Indirect_Spatial_Reference: location name
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Distribution_Information: 
  Distributor: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Organization_Primary: 
        Contact_Organization: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
        Contact_Person: C. Mark Eakin, Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: NOAA E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308, 1335 East West Hwy
        City: Silver Spring
        State_or_Province: Maryland
        Postal_Code: 20910-3226
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2857 x 109
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3136
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov, mark.eakin@noaa.gov
  Distribution_Liability: NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data,
    expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a
    warranty. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any
    errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these
    data to function on a particular system.
  Standard_Order_Process: 
    Digital_Form: 
      Digital_Transfer_Information: 
        Format_Name: PNG
        Format_Information_Content: sea surface temperature and coral bleaching
          Degree Heating Weeks
      Digital_Transfer_Option: 
        Online_Option: 
          Computer_Contact_Information: 
            Network_Address: 
              Network_Resource_Name: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/current/sst_series_heron_cur.html
        Offline_Option: 
          Offline_Media: CD-ROM
          Recording_Format: none
          Compatibility_Information: The PNG format is recognized by most
            graphics applications.
    Fees: none
    Ordering_Instructions: The product in PNG format may be downloaded from
      the Web site or obtained from the distributor.
Metadata_Reference_Information: 
  Metadata_Date: 20080812
  Metadata_Contact: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Organization_Primary: 
        Contact_Organization: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
        Contact_Person: C. Mark Eakin, Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: NOAA E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308, 1335 East West Hwy
        City: Silver Spring
        State_or_Province: Maryland
        Postal_Code: 20910-3226
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2857 x 109
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3136
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov, mark.eakin@noaa.gov
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
CoRIS: 
  CoRIS_ID: 20060215035543
  CoRIS_Children: None
  CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20001201
  CoRIS_Ending_Date: 99991231
  CoRIS_Metadata_Link: http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/txt/avhrr_cur_sst_timeseries_heron_island.txt
  CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 754