Pulse Of The Plankton 5 17 2021
Channel: Pacific Plankton
Date: 2021-05-27

Pulse of the Plankton
Co-produced by: Pacific Plankton and Jenny Jacox

This is the Pulse Of The Plankton for the week of May 17th, 2021.
Fresh plankton from the edge of San Francisco Bay via light microscope, a snapshot of local marine plankton and ocean weather.

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Special thanks to Jim Metzner of Pulse of the Planet. 
You can tune into the rhythms of science, nature, and culture by visiting Pulse of the Planet at: www.pulseplanet.com

Special thanks to Mike Jacox of NOAA ERD for contribution of chemical and physical oceanography data and guidance.

Ocean Weather videography contributors, from both onshore and outrigger canoe:
Ian Wyatt
Sharon Wyatt

For more microscopy fun join the San Francisco Microscopical Society
https://sfmicrosociety.org

Resources

NDBC buoy 46042
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46042

Chlorophyll-a anomaly imagery
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/mecb/color/

Upwelling indices (CUTI and BEUTI)
ERDDAP can be used to plot the CUTI and BEUTI upwelling indices and to download them in many different formats:

CUTI
Daily: https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdCUTIdaily.graph
Monthly: https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdCUTImonthly.graph

BEUTI
Daily: https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdBEUTIdaily.graph
Monthly: https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdBEUTImonthly.graph

Additional CUTI/BEUTI resources and guidance: https://mjacox.com/upwelling-indices/

If you want to dive deeper here are some links:
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=9414290
https://farallones.org
https://farallones.noaa.gov
https://montereybay.noaa.gov
https://www.twitch.tv/pacificplankton