Code for analysing SST trends over coral reefs of Sri Lanka over 3 decades to identify potential locations for conservation measures
This code analyses sea surface temperature trends over Sri Lankan coral reefs and calculates the following
- Monthly Mean SST values (MMSST)
- Maximum Monthly Mean SST values (MMMSST)
- Degree Heating Weeks over all grids to identify short term and long term thermal stress (DHW)
- Plots DHW trends for selected coral reefs during 1998, 2010, and 2016 El-Nino events
- Ranks and plots coral reefs for future conservation measures by their resilience to thermal stress trends
0.25°x0.25° SST grid data from NOAA Link was used for calculations. A sample data file is uploaded to the respository as well. I can send the complete data files over for you to run the same analysis.
- Pandas
- Scipy
- Numpy
- Matplotlib
- NetCDF4