Blooming jellyfish

摘要

Jellyfish are becoming a far greater problem for coastal communities worldwide, causing huge economic loss to some coastal economic activities, particularly aquaculture and tourism. In 2009 the European Space Agency (ESA) funded a project called EOJELLY specifically aimed at forecasting jellyfish blooms. Using satellite images and numerical models, the neural network is trained and validated by using real-time oceanographic monitoring systems. The neural network will then produce a seven-day forecast of predicted jellyfish occurrence in the selected area.