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Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

 

Satellite Imagery of Hypoxic Zone Currents - Graphic Detail


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Figure 2 - True Color Image of a portion of the Gulf of Mexico - 1/8/2002

The measured extent of hypoxia in 2002 mid summer (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, 2002)
in the northern Gulf of Mexico superimposed upon a January 8, 2002
true color satellite image (Space Science and Engineering Center, 2006).
Contour depths are in meters.


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