Pulse Of The Plankton 4 12 2021
Channel: Pacific Plankton
Date: 2021-04-20

Pulse of the Plankton 
Co-Produced by Pacific Plankton and Jenny Jacox, PhD

This is the Pulse Of The Plankton for the week of April 12th, 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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https://sfmicrosociety.org
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https://sfmicrosociety.org/events/microscopes-for-space-exploration

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Chl graphic generated from: 
Chlorophyll a, North Pacific, NOAA VIIRS, 750m resolution, 2015-present (3 Day Composite)
available at:  https://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/ 

SST anomaly graphic generated from:
Multi-scale Ultra-high Resolution (MUR) SST Analysis-Anomaly fv04.1, Global, 0.01°, 2002-present, Daily available at: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/

WCOFS Wind nowcast for the West Coast is available at:
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ofs/dev/ofs_animation.shtml?ofsregion=wc&subdomain=0&model_type=wind_nowcast

Additional footage via outrigger canoe courtesy of:
Ian Wyatt
Sharon Wyatt

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