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Phytoplankton bloom off South Africa

Phytoplankton bloom off South Africa
region: Af
sat: Aqua
projection: Sinusoidal
image center lon: +18
image center lat: -32.2
UL lon: +15.6763
UL lat: -29.5033
UR lon: +20.3262
UR lat: -29.5033
LR lon: +20.4685
LR lat: -34.8993
LL lon: +15.5369
LL lat: -34.8993
UL easting (km): -224.7500
UL northing (km): -3280.7500
ellipsoid: Sphere
equatorial radius: 6371.007181
Contact: Jeff Schmaltz

Images by the MODIS Rapid Response team.

Published April 4, 2003
Data acquired April 4, 2003

Source:: Aqua > MODIS

Collection:: Rapid Response Gallery