Remote Sensing Phytoplankton and its response to   El-Nino                                                                    Hmmmm...  Pineapple slices

INTRODUCTION

Understanding the delicate balance of our oceans and its ecosystem is something that we have only recently begun to understand.  This web site was produced to help anyone (especially students) get a clear, complete and accurate picture of how using satellite technology, with the help of these tiny critters, allows us to make sense of  this phenomenon known as El Nino.   

So what is phytoplankton anyways?

"Looks like popcorn to Me."

Check it out, here are all the resources that you will need to get an appreciation for these very important "critters".  

You can learn how and why:

1) The secrets of our planet's past climates are locked inside their

     tiny bodies.

2) The keys to predicting our planets future climates.  

New to Scientific Research?  (Use this site to get your feet wet.)   
  The Wild Blue Wonder   -see it's designed for kids!

  THE WOODROW SEARCH WILSON WEB
 Use this site for any Scientific definitions you may need
 

Here's the hot spots for understanding Phytoplankton.

THE PLANKTON NET  
Plankton Ecology, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography Homepage
Very interesting site many many links to institutes data explanations and opportunities in the marine sciences

Office of Navel Research - Questions on phytoplankton and oceanography

Woods Hole Oceanographic Research Center  
This site provides a fundamental understanding how the oceans function and how they interact with planet Earth. 

NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center  

Big Kahuna links – Web site jammed with  many links for interest of phytoplankton and the marine science  

Academic Info Oceanography: Organizations

NASA's- Oceanography web page

Micro-phytoplankton of the equatorial Pacific Ocean

Global patterns of planktonic proliferations
Good website for an illustrated and explained process of the effects of upwelling nutrience and el nino and phytoplankton relationship- 
Best to print out

OK, So what is El-Nino all  about?

In the Ocean, large scale wave motion 

plays a significant role in El-Nino.

Click here for an explanation. 

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EL NIÑO AND CLIMATE PREDICTION ***This is the Best site for the Big picture on El-Nino***

El-Nino and Climate Prediction NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has primary responsibilities for providing forecasts to the Nation, and a leadership role in sponsoring El Niño observations and research

Hot on the heels of El Nino, La Nina arrives - text Information and explanations of El Nino cousin El Nina

Climate Prediction Center - El Nino/ Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Diagnostic Discussion

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Satellites to Visit

TOPEX/POSEIDON "Quick-Look" & Browse - Images and Data

Torpex satellite info -Good search site

SeaWiFS - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

SATELLITE IMAGERY PINPOINTS EL NINO’S DISRUPTION OF MARINE ECOSYSTEM
Joint Scripps Institution of Oceanography American Geophysical Union Release

El-Nino’s impact on the Biosphere

Hydrosphere Recourses Information- Very good Resources, Data, and Satellite Resource links

Tracking EL NIÑO:

3-D SST profile of El Nino


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  Conclusion

        The generation of remote sensing images of the world's oceans supports the correlation between the importance of phytoplankton and their response to climatic changes.  By visiting these sites you can now understand the power of the information that is being generated.  This data will continue to help us predict, forecast, and anticipate future natural disasters world wide.

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Digging for answers to your research questions, try these.     
Mad Scientist Network 
A collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your Scientific questions.

 Need a direct answer to your research on foraminifera, look no further here's your man
PhD. James Cullen  email
Salem State College,
 Dept. of Geological Sciences

LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY of Columbia University
"This is the Site that my Professor uses."

Edu-Tutor™
Oceanography software consisting of four CD-ROMs, each providing an exclusive look at the core topics -to buy

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Any questions or comments regarding this site?

Drop me a line

My men are ready to take your call

Jon-Michael Parker
SSBNJMP@mediaone.net

Undergraduate Student
Department of Geologic Sciences
Salem State College
Salem, Massachusetts