Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System (HAB-OFS)
HAB-OFS Contributors & Data Providers
Bulletin Contributors:
NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (operations, bloom analysis, bulletin production, outreach)
NOAA National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (scientific development, research, outreach)
NOAA CoastWatch (remote sensing data)
NOAA Coastal Services Center (technology development)
Data Providers:
Wind data:
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
Remote Sensing Ocean Color/Chlorophyll Data:
Additional information on MODIS data is available at NASA's MODIS/Aqua page
SeaWiFS data purchased by NOAA and used with permission of GeoEye.
Please note that SeaWiFS imagery is subject to certain use restrictions. Imagery may only be shared with federal, state, or local
government offices. It may not be used for military or commercial applications, nor by the general public. Imagery may not be published, including
on general access Web-sites, without prior approval from GeoEye via NOAA.
In Situ Cell Count Data and Health Reports:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Mote Marine Laboratory's Environmental Health Program
Sarasota County Health Department
Collier County Pollution Control & Prevention Department
Alabama Department of Public Health, Mobile Division Laboratory
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Department of State Health Service
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi