Specializes in the tracking of large whales by satellite
To date WTG tagged a total of 547 whales from 11 different species.
Whale Telemetry Group
Tags are implantable and can generally last from 3 mo – 1 yr+
Argos acquired locations
Accuracy depends on the number of received transmissions per satellite pass; ranges from 250 m - 10 km+
Typically get 1 – 2 locations/d or every other day depending on tag programming
SST
Chlorophyll-a
SST Gradient
Chlor Gradient
Bathymetry
Mixed effects regression, GAM, etc.
Pathfinder v. 5
SEA WIFS
Etnoyer et al 2004
SST & ChlorDerived Products:
Fronts, ekman pumping, ???
Sea ice migratory key?Very near-shore habitat
Blue WhalesGray Whales Sperm Whales
Deep DiversSSH, SST?
How to infer deep in the water column and up the
food chain?
8 d GOES SST composite (Aug 8, 2004) off western US overlaid with a blue whale track.
