KIVib-Küste

The KIVib Küste project aims to establish an AI-supported drone measurement programme to determine the probability of increased occurrence of human pathogenic Vibrio bacteria on the coasts of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MV). State-of-the-art measurement methods are used for high-resolution recording of environmental conditions.

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Background: As sea surface temperatures (SST) rise, so do infection rates with Vibrio bacteria (hpV) that are dangerous to humans at the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Immunocompromised elderly people in particular are infected while bathing, often with fatal consequences.

                                                                                                                      Belkin et al. 2009

Recent studies conducted by the IOW for the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have shown that pathogenic vibrios occur only sporadically and briefly in bathing water. It was also found that it is possible to predict their occurrence in a timely manner by combining an analysis of water temperature, salinity and cyanobacterial blooms.
KIVib will therefore develop a locally applicable assessment tool for the occurrence of human pathogenic vibrios at the Warnemünde site. This will begin with remote sensing measurements of the bathing water strip using drones, followed by the determination of the spread of cyanobacterial blooms, water temperature and salinity.

Human pathogenic vibrios are a global problem on coastlines, so if the project is successful in Warnemünde, preparations will be made to transfer it to other regions in the Baltic Sea area.