The Ocean Monitoring Satellite System (SATMO)

Name of Assessment The Ocean Monitoring Satellite System (SATMO) Full Reference CONABIO. The Ocean Monitoring Satellite System (SATMO) URL http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/pais/mares/satmo/ Country Mexico Justification/Context of the Assessment The Ocean Monitoring Satellite System (SATMO) is one of the global data information of oceanic conditions. These kinds of data are fundamental to assess the climate over the time. Objectives of the Assessment Provide near real-time, continuous monitoring of the diurnal and night time sea surface temperature (SST, NSST and SST4), and other biophysical parameters of the ocean. Abstract The Ocean Monitoring Satellite System (SATMO) machine has been developed to provide CONABIO, near real-time, continuous monitoring of the diurnal sea surface temperature (SST) and night time (NSST and SST4) and other biophysical parameters of ocean color, as the concentration of chlorophyll a (Chl_OC3 or CHLO), the chlorophyll fluorescence (FLH), the diffuse attenuation coefficient (K_490 or K490) and the concentration of total suspended matter (TSM_Clark or TSM) and remotely sensed reflectance (Rrs_ λ). Daily these products are obtained from images georeferenced sensor Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) with a spatial resolution of 1 km received at the satellite earth station CONABIO after each step of the satellites Aqua and Terra. The system automatically provides composite images for several weekly and monthly ocean products and compounds of weekly and monthly anomalies of chlorophyll a and sea surface temperatures based on weather compounds 7 years (July 2002 - June 2009) images generated from MODIS-Aqua.

Questions 1. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. CONABIO. 2. Yes 5. Continuous monitoring of oceanic parameters provides information from the climate cycles and changes over the time, effective solutions and projects can be based on these information and promote management and decision making to combat the environmental impacts of climate change. 6. Mexico 7. The monitoring satellite systems on Mexico are in development. 8. Since 2002 and continuing. 9. - 10. Sea surface. 11. - 12. Diurnal sea surface temperature (SST) and night time (NSST and SST4) and other biophysical parameters of ocean color, as the concentration of chlorophyll a (Chl_OC3 or CHLO), the chlorophyll fluorescence (FLH), the diffuse attenuation coefficient (K_490 or K490) and the concentration of total suspended matter (TSM_Clark or TSM) and remotely sensed reflectance (Rrs_ λ). 13. - 14. Data are available and for free. 15. Oceanic parameters data are near real-time and continuous belonging to a monitoring satellite system. 16. No 17. Surface temperature, and other biophysical parameters as concentration of chlorophyll a, and the concentration of total suspended matter. 18. Monitoring satellite system. 19. - 20. - 21. Oceanography. 22. Trough CONABIO 23. - 24. No 25. CONABIO, Research in charge and collaborators coordinate SATMO. 26. Monitoring satellite system is National but the satellite covers Florida and Cuba, a total of 2,330 km surface. 27. - 28. Website and downloadable data. 29. Spanish 30. Different data format (p.e. *.kmz, *.met, *.pgw, *xml) 31. No. 32. No. 33. No. 34. Oceanic parameters data are only from the sea surface, deeper conditions are missing. 35. Yes, the information provides data from the climate cycles and changes over the time, effective solutions and projects can be based on these information and promote management and decision making to combat the environmental impacts of climate change. 36. Yes, the Website is available on easy and informative format. 37. Data come from a monitoring satellite system that covers 2,330 km surface. 38. It is continuing 39. There are strengths 40. –

Complementary file: SATMO products http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/pais/mares/satmo/pdf/productos_satmo.pdf