HeatFluxinGiantKelp ForestsontheSanta BarbaraCoast

RunyonWoods
Advisors:Dr.RaphaelKudela SherryPalacios PhysicsandPhysicalOceanography Department UniversityofNorthCarolina Wilmington

Background
MacrocysJs pyferiaisadark target
Thermal ColorInfrared

Kelpthrivesin nutrientrichcold water

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

East of Isla Vista

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

H1Hot1 H2Hot2 Etc.

C1 H1 C2 H2 C3 H3 C4 H4 C5

C1Cold1 C2Cold2 Etc.

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

Hot(red)and Medium(green) Areas

KelpCanopyArea

BaselinesandWarmedArea
TotalWarmedArea(purple)and NearshoreArea(pink)

Naples:

OshoreArea