Access to free high resolution satellite imagery and open-source software provides a cheap, continuous and effective method of coral reef monitoring, providing a substitute for expensive field monitoring. A time series analysis of the Kenyan coastline is carried out with images from Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2 for the time period of 2013 to 2021. These images are processed for benthic classification, change detection, chlorophyll-a and total suspended matter. This provides information on bleaching events experienced in the area over time, whilst giving an insight on how various stressors impact the rates of bleaching and recovery different sites.
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