SeaWiFS: Turbidity east of New Zealand

The coastal waters along New Zealand's east coast--particularly along the northern half of South Island--appeared very turbid in this February 9, 2002 SeaWiFS image. This may still be related to the coastal flooding that occurred there within the last month.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published February 9, 2002
Data acquired February 9, 2002

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sediment Transport

Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sedimentation

Oceans > Marine Sediments > Turbidity