CloudSpotter vs HAB Reports

Discover the amazing world of clouds with your pocket guide to the wonders of the sky and have your spottings verified as you build your own collection of clouds.  Learn how to spot 58 different cloud formations and optical effects, from the common ones like Cumulus clouds and rainbows to rare ones like the fleeting fluctus cloud or the hard to spot circumzenithal arc. Learn what makes each formation special with expert text from the Cloud Appreciation Society and stunning reference photographs by our app users around the world. Build up your Collection of spottings and gain CloudSpotter Stars as you do so. Our innovative tools will help you decide what type of clouds or optical effects you’ve spotted. You will hear back from the rest of the community whether they think you got your spotting right. You can see New Spottings by other users around the world and say (with our help) if you think they got theirs right. Becoming an expert cloudspotter has never been easier – or more fun! And if you join the Cloud Appreciation Society through CloudSpotter or you’re already a subscribing member, you’ll be able to access your Cloud-a-Days each morning. These feature amazing sky photographs by our members, explanations of the clouds featured, inspiring sky quotations, and even examples of great clouds in art. With CloudSpotter, looking up will never be the same again! Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Since 2014, SAMS has operated an online risk assessment and early warning system for harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Scottish waters. This includes weekly HAB risk bulletins for the Shetland shellfish industry and an open-access web portal providing site-specific risk indices and model-based forecasts of future bloom events. This app builds on that system by delivering updates, risk information, and alerts directly to your mobile device. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are overgrowths of certain types of phytoplankton in marine or freshwater environments. Some species produce toxins that can harm people and animals, while even non-toxic blooms can disrupt ecosystems, aquaculture operations, and coastal industries. HABs can also reduce oxygen levels in the water and increase treatment costs for water resources, creating serious economic and environmental impacts.