Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
RunyonWoods
Advisors:Dr.RaphaelKudela SherryPalacios PhysicsandPhysicalOceanography Department UniversityofNorthCarolina Wilmington
Background
MacrocysJs pyferiaisadark target
Thermal ColorInfrared
QuesJons
IsthereakelpheatsignatureinMASTER imagery? Ifheatisabsorbedbythekelp,howmuchisthis comparedtosurroundingwater? Istherevariabilityfrom2010to2011inthe thermalimagery? Canauxofheatbeobservedinandoutofthe kelpforest?
Methods: Imagery
MASTERImagery with6m resoluJon Longwave infraredand colorinfrared Basic enhancements Colormapping
Methods: RegionofInterest
ROIsforkelpand temperatureproles 2DscaZerplotusing. 87micrometersvs.. 65micrometers
Crea%ngTemperatureProles
Handdrawn ROIs. Image enhancedand colormapped.
Design
3LocaJons:NaplesReef,IslaVistaandEastof IslaVista KelpROI Overlayontothermal ROIonhoZestarea,mediumarea,andtotal warmed. Baselinesoshoreandnearshore ExportintoExcelandplotresults
TemperatureProles
Hot(red)and Medium(green) Areas
KelpCanopy Area
BaselinesandWarmedArea
TotalWarmedArea(purple)andNear shoreArea(pink) Oshore Area
EastofIslaVista:
Results:EastofIslaVista
Temperature(Kelvin)
Isla Vista
Temperature(Kelvin)
IslaVista:Results
Naples Reef
Temperature(Kelvin)
Naples:Results
Naples2010 Naples2011
SurfaceArea(squaremeters)
CanopySurfaceAreas
SurfaceTemperatures
Temperature(Kelvin)
Naples2010 Naples2011
Red=kelp canopy
Pink=KelpcanopyRed=colderareasGreen=warmerareas
C1 H1 C2 H2 C3 H3 C4 H4 C5
TheStripesofNaples:Results
Temperature(Kelvin)
Conclusions
Yeartoyearcomparisontondideal temperaturesforkelphealth CreaJonofmodelsofsurfacetemperaturesto mapfuturekelpgrowth Theamountofheatkelpabsorbsandreleases couldbeareasoninitsroleasanecosystem
FurtherWork
Matlabmodelingforseniorthesis:
Cellularautomatamodeltomimictransport. Heatsourcesatkelp,changingonshorecurrent Basicparametersforgrowth
Thankyou! RapheKudela,Sherry Palacios,Shawn Kefauver,RickSheZer, EmilySchaller,Eric Buzay,NicholasClinton, DennisGearhart, BarbaraChisholm,Bob Billings,andofcourse TeamZissou!
Summary
MacrocysJspyferia(giantkelp)canbedetected usingLWIR. Giantkelpincreasessurfacetemperature1Kelvin aboveambientwater. 2010surfacetemperaturereadingswere3K colderthan2011. FluxatNaplesreefispresentfrombedtoshore orshoretobed.Complexemergenceofstripes occurredin2011whennotpresentin2010
IslaVista:TemperatureProles
Hot(red)andMedium (green)Areas
KelpCanopyArea
BaselinesandWarmedArea
TotalWarmedArea(purple)and NearshoreArea(pink)
IslaVista:
Oshore Area
TemperatureProles
KelpCanopyArea
BaselinesandWarmedArea
TotalWarmedArea(purple)and NearshoreArea(pink)
Naples:
OshoreArea