ME24C:
Remote Sensing of Coral Reef Ecosystems I Posters
ME24C:
Remote Sensing of Coral Reef Ecosystems I Posters
Remote Sensing of Coral Reef Ecosystems I Posters
Session ID#: 28702
Session Description:
Coral reefs provide key ecosystem goods and services, but are also sensitive ecosystems easily affected by both local and global perturbations. While many field studies provide crucial information and knowledge on coral reef structure and function at molecule to community scales, airborne and satellite remote sensing techniques are the only way to study reefs at the scale of the whole ecosystem. Until recently, most remote sensors were not very well suited to study coral reefs because of limitations associated with their broad bands and limited spatial resolution. A new generation of sensors are now available allowing remote sensing applications to go beyond the classic bathymetry estimates or habitat mapping. The aim of this session is to bring together scientists working on new remote sensing applications and methods for coral reef studies, such as NASA’s COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission and NASA’s HyspIRI Hawaii campaign. In particular, we welcome investigations that use recent instruments or have developed new approaches to study coral reefs at the ecosystem level.
Primary Chair: Eric J Hochberg, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St.George's, GE, Bermuda
Co-Chair: Eric J Hochberg, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St.George's, GE, Bermuda
Moderators: Michelle M Gierach, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Steven G Ackleson, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., DC, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison: Stacy Peltier, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St. George, Bermuda
Index Terms:
4220 Coral reef systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Cross-Topics:
- CD - Coastal Dynamics
- IS - Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Coral Mortality Induced by the 2015–2016 El-Niño in Indonesia: the Effect of Rapid Sea Level Fall (326539)
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