Performance Evaluation of CRW Reef-Scale and Broad-Scale SST-Based Coral Monitoring Products in Fringing Reef Systems of Tobago

Mohammed, Shaazia; Heron, Scott; Mahabir, Rajindra; Clarke, Ricardo

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Performance Evaluation of CRW Reef-Scale and Broad-Scale SST-Based Coral Monitoring Products in Fringing Reef Systems of Tobago

2016
By Mohammed, Shaazia ; Heron, Scott ; Mahabir, Rajindra ; ...

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Remote Sensing
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Mohammed, Shaazia ; Heron, Scott ; Mahabir, Rajindra ; Clarke, Ricardo
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NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; STAR (Center for Satellite Applications and Research) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Description:

Satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) is used to monitor coral bleaching through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch (CRW) Decision Support System (DSS). Since 2000, a broad-scale 50 km SST was used to monitor thermal stress for coral reefs globally. However, some discrepancies were noted when applied to small-scale fringing coral reefs. To address this, CRW created a new DSS, specifically targeted at or near reef scales. Here, we evaluated the new reef-scale (5 km resolution) products using in situ temperature data and coral bleaching surveys which were also compared with the heritage broad-scale (50 km) for three reefs (Buccoo Reef, Culloden and Speyside) of the southern Caribbean island of Tobago.
Keywords:

Caribbean Coral Bleaching Coral Reefs NOAA Coral Reef Watch Satellite Remote Sensing Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Tobago
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Remote Sens. 2016, 8(1), 12
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8010012
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