[HTML][HTML] Satellites quantify the spatial extent of cyanobacterial blooms across the United States at multiple scales

BA Schaeffer, E Urquhart, M Coffer, W Salls… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous studies indicate that cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom (cyanoHAB) frequency,
extent, and magnitude have increased globally over the past few decades. However, little …

Quantifying national and regional cyanobacterial occurrence in US lakes using satellite remote sensing

MM Coffer, BA Schaeffer, JA Darling, EA Urquhart… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms are the most common form of harmful algal blooms in
freshwater systems throughout the world. However, in situ sampling of cyanobacteria in …

[HTML][HTML] Forecasting freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms for Sentinel-3 satellite resolved US lakes and reservoirs

BA Schaeffer, N Reynolds, H Ferriby, W Salls… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This forecasting approach may be useful for water managers and associated public health
managers to predict near-term future high-risk cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (…

Evaluation of cyanobacteria cell count detection derived from MERIS imagery across the eastern USA

RS Lunetta, BA Schaeffer, RP Stumpf, D Keith… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Inland waters across the United States (US) are at potential risk for increased outbreaks of
toxic cyanobacteria blooms events resulting from elevated water temperatures and extreme …

An initial validation of Landsat 5 and 7 derived surface water temperature for US lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries

BA Schaeffer, J Iiames, J Dwyer… - … Journal of Remote …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The United States Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Control Act of 2014 identified
the need for forecasting and monitoring harmful algal blooms (HAB) in lakes, reservoirs, …

Satellite remote sensing to assess cyanobacterial bloom frequency across the United States at multiple spatial scales

MM Coffer, BA Schaeffer, WB Salls, E Urquhart… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial blooms can have negative effects on human health and local ecosystems.
Field monitoring of cyanobacterial blooms can be costly, but satellite remote sensing has …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing potential of the Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer (GLIMR) for water quality monitoring across the coastal United States

BA Schaeffer, P Whitman, R Vandermeulen, C Hu… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer (GLIMR) will provide unique
high temporal frequency observations of the United States coastal waters to quantify …

Assessing cyanobacterial frequency and abundance at surface waters near drinking water intakes across the United States

MM Coffer, BA Schaeffer, K Foreman, A Porteous… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents the first large-scale assessment of cyanobacterial frequency and
abundance of surface water near drinking water intakes across the United States. Public water …

[HTML][HTML] Performance across WorldView-2 and RapidEye for reproducible seagrass mapping

MM Coffer, BA Schaeffer, RC Zimmerman, V Hill… - Remote sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Satellite remote sensing offers an effective remedy to challenges in ground-based and aerial
mapping that have previously impeded quantitative assessments of global seagrass extent. …

Performance metrics for the assessment of satellite data products: an ocean color case study

BN Seegers, RP Stumpf, BA Schaeffer, KA Loftin… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Performance assessment of ocean color satellite data has generally relied on statistical
metrics chosen for their common usage and the rationale for selecting certain metrics is …