Sargassum
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[WEBINAR] SAMtool: observing and predicting Sargassum landings in the Tropical Atlantic thanks to satellites
View More26 June 2020In the context of the seasonal Sargassum presence in the Caribbean area, CLS is happy to present progress on the SAMTOOL Sargassum project.
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Monitoring Sargassum: Europe moves into operational mode
View More25 May 2020Sargassum seaweed is a scourge for health, fishing and the tourist economy in the Caribbean.
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Sargassum monitored from space: A regional solution for the sargassum crisis
View More22 October 2019The Caribbean region has suffered intensely from the sargassum crisis. Economists estimate the cost of sargassum clean-up efforts at 120 -
Learn more about our satellite-based sargassum monitoring solution at Sarg’Expo
View More17 October 2019Since 2011, CLS has been working on an operational service using optical and radar satellite sensors to detect sargassum and
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Validating Sargassum forecasts with Sentinel-2 data
View More11 June 2019Since April 1st, a group of 40+ users have been testing the Sargassum detection and monitoring service developed by CLS
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CLS drift model predicts sargassum landing in Dominican Republic
View More27 May 2019A sargassum landing was reported off the Malecón area of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on May 17th. This
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Monitoring a massive sargassum mat in the Atlantic Ocean
View More27 May 2019CLS has detected a massive sargassum mat using satellite sensors from European satellites Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-2 and U.S. satellites Aqua