Since 2009, NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) has been using satellite data to monitor the severity and impacts of annually occurring cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Blooms (cyanoHABs) in Lake Erie by leveraging satellite imagery across three different satellite missions. Following the 2024 bloom, NCCOS reprocessed the full time series with new satellite calibrations and improved algorithms. This reprocessing resulted in the most consistent and complete satellite imagery time series for Lake Erie across all three satellite missions from 2000 to present.
In this webinar Dr. Richard Stumpf from NCCOS will discuss the methods used, updated time series results, and the implications for the program’s understanding of overall Lake Erie cyanoHAB severity.
