NOAA Coral Reef Watch
type: Dataset
description: The NOAA Coral Reef Watch program uses satellite data to provide current reef environmental conditions to quickly identify areas at risk for coral bleaching. Bleaching is the process by which corals lose the symbiotic algae that give them their distinctive colors. If a coral is severely bleached, disease and death become likely. Coral Reef Watch also offers a modeled Outlook that predicts the likelihood of coral bleaching heat stress on a week-by-week basis, up to four months in the future (the typical length of a bleaching season).
language: en
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 20-02-2025T18:02:01.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Coastal and Marine
keywords: noaa
keywords: coral
keywords: bleaching
keywords: reef
keywords: model
keywords: outlook
keywords: satellite
keywords: coral bleaching
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial: POLYGON ((-218.49609375 -9.0673793739333, -184.74609375 -23.209036871725, -167.16796875 -18.945775533188, -169.62890625 4.6005195316967, -217.08984375 6.0007205386129))
spatial coverage: Pacific Region
accountable person: NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program
distribution: NOAA Coral Reef Watch
  type: DataDownload
  description: A direct internet link to the NOAA Coral Reef Watch website