Putting the Red in “Red Tide”

Scientists developed a way to detect the fine-scale features of harmful algae blooms that occur close to beaches and inside small bays.

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Image processing by Yao Yao (USF) using copyrighted material of Planet Labs PBC. © All Rights Reserved. Data for image processing were derived from a SuperDove satellite of the PlanetScope constellation, accessed via NASA’s Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. Image adapted for Earth Observatory by Lauren Dauphin. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published March 29, 2023
Data acquired February 26, 2023

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