the simple model may
possibly mislead in case of a significant Chl-a bloom which is
not a red tide.
Considerable seasonal variation is observed during
the study period; in which winter month's records low biomass activity whereas summer month's records high biomass
activity. The simple statistical model proposed using Geti-Ord
Gi* statistics detect red tide hot spots for the days of March
12th, May 31st, July 2nd, and August 19th of 2014. These dates
except for March 12th coincides with the red tide events
recorded from in-situ observations. The simple model lays
foundation for obtaining the spatiotemporal distribution
information of Chl-a and red tide events from the freely
available Landsat 8 OLI data.