近年來全球暖化及氣候變遷相關議題已成為國際矚目焦點，其中東太平洋海域水溫異常變化之聖嬰及反聖嬰現象，其發生頻率及強度皆不斷提升，對整個太平洋海域（包含臺灣周邊海域）之自然環境及生態可能造成之衝擊，也已成為重要研究課題。本研究處理分析1981-2010年臺灣周邊海域衛星遙測海面水溫資料，探討臺灣近海主要海面水溫分布特徵及其時空變動特性，並利用高解析衛星遙測海面水溫資料，嘗試建立珊瑚白化監測及預警模式。
本研究初步結果顯示，由近三十年衛星月平均海面水溫分布圖，發現臺灣周邊海域，冬、夏季海面水溫分布型態有明顯差異。夏季時期，臺灣周邊海域海面水溫可高達29℃左右，且於澎湖西南海域及臺灣東北海域均出現冷水塊分布，特別是澎湖西南海域之冷水塊分布面積廣大，呈下弦月狀分佈於200米等深線附近海域。冬季時期，臺灣海峽會出現密集的等溫線分布，東西水平向水溫梯度變化顯著，靠近大陸沿岸海面水溫下降至20℃以下。此時，臺灣東部海域則受黑潮暖流作用影響，水溫變化較不顯著。
另外，臺灣周邊海域珊瑚白化的高峰期，出現於夏季時期的7至9月份，9月之後珊瑚白化發生的風險隨著水溫下降快速減低。2010至2014年間，以2014年的珊瑚白化警戒等級最高且熱區分布海域範圍最大，從5月份開始，臺灣東北及南部海域均有珊瑚白化熱區（Coral Bleaching HotSpots）出現，6月開始熱區海域逐漸擴大，7月時涵蓋海域範圍達最大，但於10月後熱區數值下降迅速恢復正常。此外，本研究初步結果亦顯示，利用高解析衛星遙測海面水溫影像（G1SST）不僅適用於建立臺灣周邊海域珊瑚白化監測及預警模式，亦可有效應用於面積範圍較小的區域性海域珊瑚白化監測利用。

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