Improving Seasonal Forecasting of Coral Disease Outbreak Risk

Scott F Heron1,2, Gang Liu2,3, Jamie Caldwell4,5, Megan Donahue6, Austin Greene5, William Leggat7,8, Tracy D Ainsworth8, Bernardo Vargas-Angel9, Courtney Couch9, Bruce C Monger10, Joleah B Lamb11, Laurie J Raymundo12, Bette L Willis8, Erick Francis Geiger13,14, Jacqueline L De La Cour2,13, Ben Marsh1,15, William J Skirving2,16, Kyle Tirak2,14 and C. Mark Eakin14, (1)NOAA Coral Reef Watch-ReefSense, Townsville, Australia, (2)Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NOAA Coral Reef Watch, College Park, MD, United States, (4)Stanford University, Department of Biology, Stanford, CA, United States, (5)University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Kane‘ohe, HI, United States, (6)University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Kane‘ohe, HI, United States, (7)James Cook University, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Townsville, Australia, (8)James Cook University, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Townsville, Australia, (9)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Honolulu, HI, United States, (10)Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, (11)Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, United States, (12)University of Guam, University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Mangilao, Guam, (13)NOAA Coral Reef Watch-UMD_CICS, College Park, MD, United States, (14)NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Coral Reef Watch, College Park, MD, United States, (15)University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, St Lucia, Australia, (16)NOAA Coral Reef Watch-ReefSense, Aitkenvale, QLD, Australia