A method for examining temporal changes in cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom spatial extent using satellite remote sensing.

ABSTRACT: Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHAB) are thought to be increasing globally over the past few decades, but relatively little quantitative information is available about the spatial extent of blooms. Satellite remote sensing provides a potential technology for identifying cyanoHABs in multiple water bodies and across geo-political boundaries. An assessment method was developed using MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) imagery to quantify cyanoHAB surface area extent, transferable to different spatial areas, in Florida, Ohio, and California for the test period of 2008 to 2012. Temporal assessment was used to evaluate changes in satellite resolvable inland waterbodies for each state of interest. To further assess cyanoHAB risk within the states, the World Health Organizati

SUBMITTER: Urquhart EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084444 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature