Title :
Moving to an operational system for forecasting harmful algal blooms
Author :
Stumpf, R.P. ; Tomlinson, M.C. ; Culver, M.E. ; Vincent, M. ; Soracco, M.
Author_Institution :
NOAA Ocean Service, Washington, DC
Abstract :
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose a threat to public health, economies, and wildlife around the Nation´s coasts. Monitoring for HABs has involved a reactive system, which is a logistically expensive system. Improved forecasting and monitoring could reducing the impact of the blooms. An example of an operational system has been developed for the blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis in the Gulf of Mexico
Keywords :
health and safety; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; seawater; Gulf of Mexico; Karenia brevis; harmful algal bloom forecasting; monitoring; public health; toxic dinoflagellate; wildlife; Color; Economic forecasting; Monitoring; Oceans; Public healthcare; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Weather forecasting; Wildlife;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS, 2005. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-34-3
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2005.1639894
