Ocean color satellites show extensive surface slicks in ...

Figure 1 shows slicks in the Gulf west of about 92 W, affecting about 1 to 2% of the surface area of the Gulf at the 1.2 km resolution of this MERIS image. Figure 3 shows a full resolution (FR, 300 m) MERIS image for 23 May 2005 in which the structure of the slicks is better defined, compared to the equivalent reduced resolution (RR) image. ................
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