RT Journal Article
T1 Monitoring pelagic Sargassum inundation potential for coastal communities
A1 Triñanes Fernández, Joaquín Ángel
A1 Putman, N.F.
A1 Goni, G
A1 Hu, C.
A1 Wang, M.
K1 Environmental monitoring systems
K1 Data integration
K1 Operational oceanography
K1 Remote sensing data processing
K1 Decision support systems
K1 Sargassum
AB Pelagic Sargassum is a buoyant macroalgae that forms rafts at the ocean surface and serves as abiologically rich habitat for hundreds of diverse marine species. Since 2011, massive blooms ofSargassum have occurred in the tropical Atlantic and swept through the western tropicalAtlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. These recurring annual events have causedsignificant disruptions to coastal communities throughout the region, negatively impactinghuman health, tourism, fishing, navigation, and nearshore ecosystems. We present here theSargassum Inundation Report (SIR), a product that uses satellite-based methodology to estimateand predict the future coastal inundation of pelagic Sargassum. Results from one year of SIRsshow strong spatiotemporal differences in the potential of coastal inundation across the Intra-American Seas, and provide a comprehensive method for assessing its geographic distributionand temporal variation. Comparisons of SIRs to opportunistically collected photographs indicatea qualitative concordance between satellite and in situ observations. This work highlights thevalue of satellite observations, basin-wide and seasonal monitoring, and emphasises the needfor sub-regional and weekly forecasting. SIRs show considerable promise as a tool that caneventually incorporate improved spatiotemporal resolution Sargassum imagery, oceancirculation, wind, and wave conditions to forecast the movement of Sargassum into coastal areas.
PB Taylor and Francis
YR 2023
FD 2023-03-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45143
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45143
LA eng
NO Trinanes, J., Putman, N. F., Goni, G., Hu, C., & Wang, M. (2023). Monitoring pelagic Sargassum inundation potential for coastal communities. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 16(1), 48–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2021.1902682
NO Esta aportación presenta un sistema de monitorización operacional para la estimación del potencial de inundación por Sargassum, basado en técnicas de procesamiento de datos y teledetección. La contribución del solicitante se sitúa en el diseño del pipeline computacional, la definición de métricas e indicadores derivados y la validación sistemática de resultados. El trabajo describe un sistema de información orientado a usuarios finales, con énfasis en automatización, reproducibilidad y soporte a la toma de decisiones.
NO This work was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and NOAA OceanWatch, by the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program [grant number NNX16AR74G] and Ecological Forecast Program [grant number NNX17AF57G and 80NSSC20M0264] and by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) RESTORE Science Program [grant number NA17NOS4510099].
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026