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Office of Research and Applications Oceanic Research and Applications Division Marine Applications Science Team The Marine Applications Science Team in ORAD conducts research into the applications of remote sensing to oceanic, coastal, and estuarine areas. The program has coordinated funding and activities within other line offices in NOAA and at universities where ocean scientists ... The following projects are presently active in our group. Coral Reef Bleaching - Sea surface temperatures higher than 1C above expected summertime levels appear to be closely correlated with onset of bleaching of healthy corals, leading eventually to the death of the coral and possible severe damage to the reefs if extreme levels persist.... Satellite Sea-Surface Temperature Studies - Scientists are studying the patterns revealed in the high resolution (temporal and spatial) imagery produced routinely from the geostationary (GOES) and polar (POES) satellites... Ocean Color - Recent improvements in instrumentation on the satellites to provide imagery of ocean color has allowed tracking of regional and local events such as red tides for ... Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite (SAR) - The achievement of a successful synthetic aperture radar satellite scanner has allowed scientists to map detailed surface features of the ocean and the underlying topographic features... High-Latitude Satellite Studies - The development of satellite sensing of the polar ocean has allowed increased knowledge of the features of the polar ocean which would ordinarily be inaccessible during many months of the year and prohibitively expensive to survey using ground- based methods. Recent satellite research... For more information about scientific research by the Marine Applications Science Team, contact the Team Leader, Dr. Alan Strong Last revision: 15 October 2001 Contact the Webmaster