A study on the effect of dust and wind on phytoplankton activities in the Arabian Gulf

Maryam R. Al-Shehhi; Imen Gherboudj; Mohamed Hosni Ghedira

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350954

A study on the effect of dust and wind on phytoplankton activities in the Arabian Gulf

Maryam R. Al-Shehhi, Imen Gherboudj, Mohamed Hosni Ghedira

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Red Tide occurrences in the Arabian Gulf have increased in the last few years. It damaged the aquatic life and the economic side of the region. Red tide is the presence of algae blooms (phytoplankton) which can be harmful, toxic and affects human health. The Arabian Gulf is an enclosed shallow basin surrounded by desert and arid areas. Not adequate remote sensing studies have been done on the dynamic of physical and biological properties of this water body. The correlations between red tide, described as OC3-derived Chlorophyll-a concentration (mg m^-3), and other related parameters such as: fluorescence line height (FLH W m^-2 μm^-1 sr ^-1), aerosol optical thickness (AOT), wind speed (m/s) and sea surface temperature (°C) were studied. It was found that chlorophyll concentration is affected directly by dust loading, temperature, and wind and nutrients availability.

Original language	British English
Pages	2571-2574
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350954
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 32nd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2012 - Munich, Germany Duration: 22 Jul 2012 → 27 Jul 2012

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Conference	2012 32nd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2012
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	22/07/12 → 27/07/12

Keywords

Aerosols
chlorophyll
MODIS
Red tide

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A study on the effect of dust and wind on phytoplankton activities in the Arabian Gulf

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