TY - GEN
T1 - Remote sensing of red tide in the Arabian Gulf
AU - Zhao, Jun
AU - Ghedira, Hosni
AU - Temimi, Marouane
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/11/4
Y1 - 2014/11/4
N2 - In this study, a red tide event in 2008 in the Arabian Gulf was monitored and assessed using multi-source satellite imagery, including MODIS, SeaWiFS, and MERIS. Satellite derived chlorophyll-a and enhanced RGB images were used. Satellite observations revealed the bloom extent and evolution during the 12-month period from August 2008 to August 2009. Analysis suggested that the red tide event could have been initiated offshore and advected onshore by Ekman transportation. The maintenance mechanism supporting the bloom evolution was also discussed. In order to meet the needs of effective detection of red tide and provide insights into its initiation and maintenance mechanisms, marshaling en ensemble of multiple platforms is required. The study presented in this paper demonstrated the benefit of combining multi-satellite observations for interpreting red tide outbreaks and dynamics.
AB - In this study, a red tide event in 2008 in the Arabian Gulf was monitored and assessed using multi-source satellite imagery, including MODIS, SeaWiFS, and MERIS. Satellite derived chlorophyll-a and enhanced RGB images were used. Satellite observations revealed the bloom extent and evolution during the 12-month period from August 2008 to August 2009. Analysis suggested that the red tide event could have been initiated offshore and advected onshore by Ekman transportation. The maintenance mechanism supporting the bloom evolution was also discussed. In order to meet the needs of effective detection of red tide and provide insights into its initiation and maintenance mechanisms, marshaling en ensemble of multiple platforms is required. The study presented in this paper demonstrated the benefit of combining multi-satellite observations for interpreting red tide outbreaks and dynamics.
KW - Arabian Gulf
KW - hydrodynamic model
KW - red tide
KW - remote sensing
KW - upwelling
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U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947329
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947329
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84911361085
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 3870
EP - 3873
BT - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
T2 - Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014
Y2 - 13 July 2014 through 18 July 2014
ER -