Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch (CRW) program has developed a daily global 5-km product suite based on satellite observations to monitor thermal stress on coral reefs. These products fulfill requests from coral reef managers and researchers for higher...
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| author | Gang Liu Scott F. Heron C. Mark Eakin Frank E. Muller-Karger Maria Vega-Rodriguez Liane S. Guild Jacqueline L. De La Cour Erick F. Geiger William J. Skirving Timothy F. R. Burgess Alan E. Strong Andy Harris Eileen Maturi Alexander Ignatov John Sapper Jianke Li Susan Lynds |
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| description | The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch (CRW) program has developed a daily global 5-km product suite based on satellite observations to monitor thermal stress on coral reefs. These products fulfill requests from coral reef managers and researchers for higher resolution products by taking advantage of new satellites, sensors and algorithms. Improvements of the 5-km products over CRW’s heritage global 50-km products are derived from: (1) the higher resolution and greater data density of NOAA’s next-generation operational daily global 5-km geo-polar blended sea surface temperature (SST) analysis; and (2) implementation of a new SST climatology derived from the Pathfinder SST climate data record. The new products increase near-shore coverage and now allow direct monitoring of 95% of coral reefs and significantly reduce data gaps caused by cloud cover. The 5-km product suite includes SST Anomaly, Coral Bleaching HotSpots, Degree Heating Weeks and Bleaching Alert Area, matching existing CRW products. When compared with the 50-km products and in situ bleaching observations for 2013–2014, the 5-km products identified known thermal stress events and matched bleaching observations. These near reef-scale products significantly advance the ability of coral reef researchers and managers to monitor coral thermal stress in near-real-time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81a757f75d77422e85e33cd10a26ce6a2022-12-21T17:23:17ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922014-11-01611115791160610.3390/rs61111579rs61111579Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef WatchGang Liu0Scott F. Heron1C. Mark Eakin2Frank E. Muller-Karger3Maria Vega-Rodriguez4Liane S. Guild5Jacqueline L. De La Cour6Erick F. Geiger7William J. Skirving8Timothy F. R. Burgess9Alan E. Strong10Andy Harris11Eileen Maturi12Alexander Ignatov13John Sapper14Jianke Li15Susan Lynds16Coral Reef Watch, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USACoral Reef Watch, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USACoral Reef Watch, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USAInstitute for Marine Remote Sensing, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USAInstitute for Marine Remote Sensing, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USAAmes Research Center/Earth Science Division, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USACoral Reef Watch, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USACoral Reef Watch, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USACoral Reef Watch, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USACoral Reef Watch, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USACoral Reef Watch, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USANESDIS/STAR, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USANESDIS/STAR, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USANESDIS/STAR, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USANESDIS/OSPO, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USADigitalGlobe, Inc., Herndon, VA 20171, USACooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USAThe U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch (CRW) program has developed a daily global 5-km product suite based on satellite observations to monitor thermal stress on coral reefs. These products fulfill requests from coral reef managers and researchers for higher resolution products by taking advantage of new satellites, sensors and algorithms. Improvements of the 5-km products over CRW’s heritage global 50-km products are derived from: (1) the higher resolution and greater data density of NOAA’s next-generation operational daily global 5-km geo-polar blended sea surface temperature (SST) analysis; and (2) implementation of a new SST climatology derived from the Pathfinder SST climate data record. The new products increase near-shore coverage and now allow direct monitoring of 95% of coral reefs and significantly reduce data gaps caused by cloud cover. The 5-km product suite includes SST Anomaly, Coral Bleaching HotSpots, Degree Heating Weeks and Bleaching Alert Area, matching existing CRW products. When compared with the 50-km products and in situ bleaching observations for 2013–2014, the 5-km products identified known thermal stress events and matched bleaching observations. These near reef-scale products significantly advance the ability of coral reef researchers and managers to monitor coral thermal stress in near-real-time.http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/11/11579bleachingthermal stresssatelliteremote sensingsea surface temperature (SST)monitoringclimatologyhotspotsdegree heating weekbleaching alert area |
| spellingShingle | Gang Liu Scott F. Heron C. Mark Eakin Frank E. Muller-Karger Maria Vega-Rodriguez Liane S. Guild Jacqueline L. De La Cour Erick F. Geiger William J. Skirving Timothy F. R. Burgess Alan E. Strong Andy Harris Eileen Maturi Alexander Ignatov John Sapper Jianke Li Susan Lynds Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch Remote Sensing bleaching thermal stress satellite remote sensing sea surface temperature (SST) monitoring climatology hotspots degree heating week bleaching alert area |
| title | Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch |
| title_full | Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch |
| title_fullStr | Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch |
| title_short | Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch |
| title_sort | reef scale thermal stress monitoring of coral ecosystems new 5 km global products from noaa coral reef watch |
| topic | bleaching thermal stress satellite remote sensing sea surface temperature (SST) monitoring climatology hotspots degree heating week bleaching alert area |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/11/11579 |
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