A large coral bleaching event has been documented around the world, including in the Caribbean Sea. On April 20 of 2006, Fernando Gilbes and Roy Armstrong visited Los Pinaculos coral reef in La Parguera to collect underwater reflectance measurements of the corals at different stages of bleaching using the GER-1500. This effort, which is part of the CenSSIS project, aims to better understand the optical signals for future application of remote sensors in continuous monitoring of coral reefs.
