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Anderson CR, Kudela RM, Kahru M, Chao Y, Rosenfeld LK, Bahr FL, Anderson DM, Norris TA. Initial skill assessment of the California Harmful Algae Risk Mapping (C-HARM) system. Harmful Algae 2016; 59:1-18. [PMID: 28073500 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Toxic algal events are an annual burden on aquaculture and coastal ecosystems of California. The threat of domoic acid (DA) toxicity to human and wildlife health is the dominant harmful algal bloom (HAB) concern for the region, leading to a strong focus on prediction and mitigation of these blooms and their toxic effects. This paper describes the initial development of the California Harmful Algae Risk Mapping (C-HARM) system that predicts the spatial likelihood of blooms and dangerous levels of DA using a unique blend of numerical models, ecological forecast models of the target group, Pseudo-nitzschia, and satellite ocean color imagery. Data interpolating empirical orthogonal functions (DINEOF) are applied to ocean color imagery to fill in missing data and then used in a multivariate mode with other modeled variables to forecast biogeochemical parameters. Daily predictions (nowcast and forecast maps) are run routinely at the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) and posted on its public website. Skill assessment of model output for the nowcast data is restricted to nearshore pixels that overlap with routine pier monitoring of HABs in California from 2014 to 2015. Model lead times are best correlated with DA measured with solid phase adsorption toxin tracking (SPATT) and marine mammal strandings from DA toxicosis, suggesting long-term benefits of the HAB predictions to decision-making. Over the next three years, the C-HARM application system will be incorporated into the NOAA operational HAB forecasting system and HAB Bulletin.
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Affiliation(s)
- Clarissa R Anderson
- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
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- Ocean Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
| | - Mati Kahru
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0218, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Remote Sensing Solution, Monrovia, CA 91016, USA
| | - Leslie K Rosenfeld
- Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Rd., Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
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- Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Rd., Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
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- Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Rd., Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
| | - Tenaya A Norris
- The Marine Mammal Center, 2000 Bunker Road, Fort Cronkite, Sausalito, CA 94965, USA
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