Wednesday, August 8, 2018
244, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Joaquim Goes1, Dale Kiefer2, Sergio deRada3, Fei Chai4, Helga do Rosario Gomes5, Huijie Xue4, Lubna Al-Kharusi6, Khalid Al-Hashmi7, Adnan Al-Azri8 and Abdullah Al-Nahdi9, (1)Marine Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, NY, (2)System Science Applications, Pacific Palisades, CA, (3)Oceanography Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Centre, MS, (4)School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, (5)Marine Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, NY, (6)Mariine Sciences and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, Ruwi, Oman, (7)Dept of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, (8)Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muscat, Oman, (9)Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ruwi, Oman
The advent of green Noctiluca scintillans blooms caused by shoaling of hypoxic waters along the coast of Oman, is now being recognized as a significant threat to marine fisheries, freshwater supply and other coastal activities. As part of this study, we are partnering with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth and Sultan Qaboos University to develop a "Decision and Information System for the Coastal waters of Oman (DISCO)”. DISCO will use remote sensing data and coupled physical-biogeochemical model outputs to provide forecasts of sea state, and blooms, necessary to manage coastal resources, guide mitigation efforts and minimize socio-economic losses.
