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| Welcome to
Terrafin SST-View! Since 1999 we have been providing computer
enhanced sea surface temperature (SST) and Chlorophyll charts for the Continental US
coastline, most of Mexico, and even some Central America regions. With coverage from
Washington to Cabo to Florida to Maine, we most likely have your
region covered. If you don't see it, ask! We prepare our enhanced
charts using only 1km high resolution data from the NOAA Polar
Orbiting satellites. We process that data using state of the art Satellite Imaging software. We select the best shots
for each region, then review and manually correct for navigation
and atmospheric problems in the data. It's time-consuming, but a
must for creating quality charts! We then produce enlarged images of
specific local areas, using the best temperature range for that area
to help emphasize the temperature breaks. We overlay a lat/lon grid
for the region, finally adding local reference points and bottom contours to the chart.
The final result is an easy to use, detailed chart that will prove
to be an invaluable on the water tool. As with all sea temperature
services, we don't get images through the clouds, as a result some
regions are updated more frequently than others. There are also
times when the NOAA Satellites do not capture a particular region,
or a ground station can encounter problems receiving the data. (We do our best
to minimize these problems by using multiple redundant data sources.)
Sometimes this can result in no data for a few days or longer. Either
way, we'll TRY, every day, and will process whatever portion of a
region is clear.
Membership rates are $99 for a full year, with unlimited access to ALL regions. Please read our FAQ for specifics on frequency of updates, limitations, etc. Feel free to browse around the sample charts, free regional charts, FAQ (frequently asked questions), etc. You'll see we keep the last 15 images for each region on the site, click on the Latest SST button to see the various indexes. Check out the indexes for your regions of interest to see how the images have been lately, 5 star rating is the best, 1 star rating is pretty weak. We also have a "Free Images" section, which will contain the most recent regional SST. While they cover too large of an area to be especially helpful as an on-the-water tool, these images are still good for getting the "big picture". If you run into any problems navigating this site, or have any comments, questions or suggestions, we would sure appreciate hearing about it...Send us a message! Distance and Bearing Calculations Click anywhere on the chart to specify your origin, as you move the mouse the distance and bearing from that origin is displayed in the browser status window. For a quick explanation on how to use this feature, Click Here Chart Loop Tool View the last 15 charts in an animated loop or step through them one at a time. Watch the water move! Look under each region index for the link to the Chart Loop Tool for that specific region. It takes a stretch of good weather before the Chart Loop really becomes useful, but when the conditions are right it can be very helpful. Chlorophyll Charts Chlorophyll data can be used to predict the water color. High concentrations = higher nutrient (plankton) levels, but more off-color water. Low concentrations = clearer, blue water. These charts have proven to be extremely valuable for both inshore and offshore fishing. Our chlorophyll charts are processed daily with new images for each region on average 4-5 times per week. These charts are included with the service at no extra charge. Please note, we recently released a new version of our website. This required significant changes to the file names on the website. If you have bookmarked specific pages as favorites, you will likely find that the page no longer exists. In most cases you should be automatically brought to this index page - from here you can navigate to your desired page, then update your bookmarks or favorites list. We do apologize for the inconvenience, but hope that you will find the new features of the site to be worth the change. Changes in this first release of the new site include displaying the specific temperature as you move the cursor on the charts, increasing the available charts for each region to the last 15, and a customizable "Latest SST" index, to show only the regions you specify. More to come later! |