Session 3: Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling

9:15 Monitoring and evaluating the status of NEOM’s marine ecosystem from space
Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos, PI: Prof. Ibrahim Hoteit

9:30 A model-based connectivity study in the Red Sea: how seascape features influence population genetics
Yixin Wan, PI: Prof. Ibrahim Hoteit

9:45 Marine heatwaves reveal coral reef zones susceptible to bleaching
Lily Genevier, PI: Prof. Ibrahim Hoteit

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 A Bayesian Statistical Approach for Understanding and Predicting Red Sea Temperatures
Dr. Nabila Bounceur, PI: Prof. Omar Knio

10:30 Climate Oscillations May Counteract Red Sea Warming over the Coming Decades
Georgios Krokos, PI: Prof. Ibrahim Hoteit

10:45 Resolving the Short-term Persistence of Oceanographic Measurements from an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in the Central Red Sea, October 2017
Michael Campbell, PI: Prof. Burton Jones

11:00 Remotely sensing harmful algal blooms in the Red Sea
Rajadurai Elamurugu, PI: Prof. Ibrahim Hoteit

11:15 Ibex for Red Sea Research 
Dr. Nagarajan Kathiresan, PI: Dr. Saber Feki

11:30 Hindering effects of tides on the Gulf of Aden Intermediate Water intrusion
Dr. Daquan Guo, PI: Prof. Ibrahim Hoteit

Session chair: Dr. Fran L. Aparicio