Mapping Spatial Distribution and Biomass of Intertidal Ulva Blooms Using Machine Learning and Earth Observation

Opportunistic macroalgal blooms have been used for the assessment of the ecological status of coastal and estuarine areas in Europe. The use of earth observation (EO) data sets to map green algal cover based on a Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was explored. Scenes from Sentinel-2A/B,...

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Main Authors: Sita Karki, Ricardo Bermejo, Robert Wilkes, Michéal Mac Monagail, Eve Daly, Mark Healy, Jenny Hanafin, Alastair McKinstry, Per-Erik Mellander, Owen Fenton, Liam Morrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.633128/full