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**            [CRW Alert] Oman-Muscat: Bleaching Warning
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Satellite observations: 6/25/2005 - 6/28/2005
 -- Sea surface temperature          : 32.0 Deg C
 -- Coral bleaching HotSpot          :  1.7 Deg C
 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks   :  2.2 Deg C-week
 -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 30.3 Deg C

For more information, please visit the coral bleaching indices web site:
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/CB_indices/coral_bleaching_indices.html

Previous Three Alerts for Oman-Muscat:
--06/25/2005 Bleaching Watch
--06/18/2005 Bleaching Warning
--06/07/2005 Bleaching Watch

SST Time Series:
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/images/current/SST_Oman_Muscat.png       

Reef site name:     Oman-Muscat
SST Pixel latitude:     24.0
SST Pixel longitude:    58.0

Current Status: 
Bleaching Warning

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**            [CRW Alert] Palau: No Stress
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Satellite observations: 6/25/2005 - 6/28/2005
 -- Sea surface temperature          : 29.5 Deg C
 -- Coral bleaching HotSpot          :  0.0 Deg C
 -- Bleaching Degree Heating Weeks   :  0.0 Deg C-week
 -- Maximum Monthly Mean SST at site : 29.5 Deg C

For more information, please visit the coral bleaching indices web site:
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/CB_indices/coral_bleaching_indices.html

Previous Three Alerts for Palau:
--06/04/2005 Bleaching Watch
--01/04/2005 No Stress
--12/18/2004 Bleaching Watch

SST Time Series:
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/images/current/SST_Palau.png             

Reef site name:     Palau
SST Pixel latitude:      7.5
SST Pixel longitude:   134.0

Current Status: 
No Stress

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Note: The next e-mail alert will be sent only when there is a change in the 
      coral bleaching alert level at the site.
                                                                                                
Definitions of Alert Levels:                                                              
--No Stress: 	 No thermal stress (HotSpot <= 0)
--Watch:	 Low-level thermal stress (0 < HotSpot < 1) 
--Warning:	 Thermal stress is accumulating (HotSpot >= 1 and 0 < DHW < 4) 
--Alert Level 1: Bleaching expected (HotSpot >= 1 and 4 <= DHW < 8) 
--Alert Level 2: Significant bleaching expected (HotSpot >= 1 and DHW >= 8) 
                                                                              
Your feedback on bleaching observations (including observations of no 
bleaching) will be greatly appreciated.  Bleaching observations can be 
sent to the NOAA/ReefBase collaborative online bleaching report form:
http://www.reefbase.org/contribute/bleachingreport.aspx.
Should you have any questions or feedback on the Satellite Bleaching Alerts,
please send e-mail to _NESDIS_CoralReefWatch@noaa.gov.
                                                                                  
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                    U.S. NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Program                   
		
                               June 28, 2005