Product development plan for the next generation of satellite remote sensing products for NOAA coral reef ecosystem management activities
This report is designed to assist the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (Coral Program) to identify satellite remote sensing opportunities and plan for the application of these technologies to coral reef management. The report highlights product develo...
Determining thermal capacitance for protected area network design in Palau
During the latter half of 1998, Palau experienced unprecedented bleaching that resulted in significant mortality and the loss of significant proportions of one of the few remaining pristine coral reefs in the world. Prior to 1998 and since 1998, little to...
Directory of remote sensing applications for coral reef management
This directory is part of a suite of tools aimed to help reef managers make better use of remotely sensed data. The directory is deliberately brief and aims to familiarize managers with the opportunities provided by remote sensing. The overall limitations...
NOAA coral reef watch 50 km satellite sea surface temperature-based decision support system for coral bleaching management
This report provides an overview of CRW's operational twice-weekly 0.5 degree (approximately 50 km spatial resolution) satellite coral bleaching thermal stress monitoring product suite, representing CRW's heritage product suite and the core of CRW's curre...
Climatology development for NOAA Coral Reef Watch's 5-km product suite
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch (CRW) program has used a 50-km resolution 'Heritage' analysis of satellite sea surface temperature (SST) observations to monitor coral reef thermal stress for more than 15 ye...
Product development plan for the next generation of satellite remote sensing products for NOAA coral reef ecosystem management activities