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ArticleScientific reports2019

Measurement of Cyanobacterial Bloom Magnitude using Satellite Remote Sensing.

Sachidananda Mishra, Richard P Stumpf, Blake A Schaeffer, P Jeremy Werdell, Keith A Loftin, Andrew Meredith

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sachidananda MishraConsolidated Safety Services Inc., Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA. sachi.mishra@noaa.gov.
Richard P StumpfNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, USA.
Blake A SchaefferOffice of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, NC, 27709, USA.
P Jeremy WerdellOcean Ecology Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA.
Keith A LoftinU.S. Geological Survey, Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory, Kansas Water Science Center, Lawrence, KS, 66049, USA.
Andrew MeredithConsolidated Safety Services Inc., Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) are a serious environmental, water quality and public health issue worldwide because of their ability to form dense biomass and produce toxins. Models and algorithms have been developed to detect and quantify cyanoHABs biomass using remotely sensed data but not for quantifying bloom magnitude, information that would guide water quality management decisions. We propose a method to quantify seasonal and annual cyanoHAB magnitude in lakes and reservoirs. The magnitude is the spatiotemporal mean of weekly or biweekly maximum cyanobacteria biomass for the season or year. CyanoHAB biomass is quantified using a standard reflectance spectral shape-based algorithm that uses data from Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS). We demonstrate the method to quantify annual and seasonal cyanoHAB magnitude in Florida and Ohio (USA) respectively during 2003-2011 and rank the lakes based on median magnitude over the study period. The new method can be applied to Sentinel-3 Ocean Land Color Imager (OLCI) data for assessment of cyanoHABs and the change over time, even with issues such as variable data acquisition frequency or sensor calibration uncertainties between satellites. CyanoHAB magnitude can support monitoring and management decision-making for recreational and drinking water sources.

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Environmental MonitoringHarmful Algal BloomRemote Sensing TechnologyWater QualityCyanobacteriaFloridaLakesOhio

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PMID31797884
PMCPMC6892802

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