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HABSOS INTEGRATED CASE STUDY FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
Impact/Purpose:
The primary objectives of the project are: (1) Identify, characterize and organize relevant data and information recorded fro specific algal bloom events from across the gulf with a focus on Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. (2) Integrate relevant data into a regional format applicable to forecasting. (3) Determine which measurements are essential to forecasting through iterative testing with different data sets. (4) Document the existence of essential data and identify any gaps in coverage.
The information gained by this project will be used by federal agencies in developing the requirements for a coastal observing system to detect harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Description:
This project is part of a Harmful Algal Bloom Observing System Pilot Project for which the Gulf of Mexico Program is the coordinator. The Program office along with the EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory will be working with the NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center, the National Association of Marine Laboratories, and the five gulf states coordinated by Dauphin Island Sea Lab to use retrospective data from two time periods to develop an algorithm that will allow the prediction and tracking of harmful algal blooms with sufficient accuracy to allow preemptive actions to be taken by state environmental managers