Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB)

From NOAA Satellite and Information Service:

NOAA scientists are using satellite data to help publich health officials and natural resources managers keep and eye on the development and location of harmful algal blooms (HAB), which have become commonplace in the U.S. 

NOAA's CoastWatch program provides a variety of satellite-derived data products to identify blooms and predict HAB formation and NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has developed the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System, which combines satellite data with wind, water, current and other modeled and other environmental observations to identify HAB location, size and trajectory.

To learn more, see "Satellites See Red, Blue and Green: Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms from Space" on the NOAA NESDIS website athttp://go.usa.gov/cKgmR