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Studying Chesapeake Bay from Above

Ships, airplanes, and satellites all play a role in monitoring Chesapeake water quality, algae blooms, and dead zones.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, MODIS data from from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS), and chlorophyll data courtesy of Son, S. & Wang, M. (2012, August). Photograph by Kimberly Reece/Bill Jones, VA Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). Phytoplankton image adapted from drawings and micrographs by Sally Bensusen, NASA EOS Project Science Office. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published November 2, 2016
Data acquired 2010 - 2014

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Landsat 8 > OLI
Photograph
Terra > MODIS