Do Clouds Save the Great Barrier Reef? Satellite Imagery Elucidates the Cloud-SST Relationship at the Local Scale

Susannah M. Leahy; Michael J. Kingsford; Craig R. Steinberg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070400

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Do Clouds Save the Great Barrier Reef? Satellite Imagery Elucidates the Cloud-SST Relationship at the Local Scale

Susannah M. Leahy ,

* E-mail: Susannah.Leahy@my.jcu.edu.au

Affiliations School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Michael J. Kingsford,

Affiliations School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Craig R. Steinberg

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Do Clouds Save the Great Barrier Reef? Satellite Imagery Elucidates the Cloud-SST Relationship at the Local Scale

Susannah M. Leahy,
Michael J. Kingsford,
Craig R. Steinberg

Published: July 24, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070400

About the Authors

Susannah M. Leahy

* E-mail: Susannah.Leahy@my.jcu.edu.au

Affiliations School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Michael J. Kingsford

Craig R. Steinberg

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SML MJK CRS. Performed the experiments: SML. Analyzed the data: SML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJK CRS. Wrote the paper: SML MJK CRS.

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