A Prototype Information System for Monitoring and Predicting Phytoplankton Productivity over Galveston Bay

Summary

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station  will aid decision makers with the capability of maintaining coastal ecosystem health (related to phytoplankton) by creating a prototype phytoplankton productivity information system over Galveston Bay. The proposed prototype information system will contain two parts, which include monitoring phytoplankton productivity through satellite remote sensing and predicting phytoplankton productivity using state-of-the-art modeling capabilities.  The model will be given the capability to conduct phytoplankton seasonal forecasting driven by predicted seasonal weather forecasts from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction Climate Forecast System.