SaWS impact assessment: Methods and Results

Published: 20 February 2026| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/svnr7sdpx7.1
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Description

This dataset contains the detailed Methods and Results for the following paper: “Sargassum Watch System: an online tool to address societal needs” by the same authors of this dataset. Specifically, the dataset contains the following files: SaWS_Google_Analysitcs_Methods.docx SaWS_Google_Analysitcs_Results.xlsx These are the methods of using Google Analytics to generate Web access statistics, and the corresponding statistics. SaWS_Literature_Review_Methods.docx SaWS_Literature_Review_Results.xlsx These are the methods of conducting literature review, and the corresponding review results including the publication title and author names as well as how they are related to SaWS. SaWS_Media_Coverage_Methods.docx SaWS_Media_Coverage_Results.xlsx These are the methods of searching for relevant public media coverage (both online and print, in both English and Spanish), and the corresponding search results on how SaWS or the personnel behind SaWS were cited by the public media. SaWS_Survey_Questions.docx SaWS_Survey_Answers_anonymized.xlsx SaWS_Survey_User_Quotes_anonymized.docx These are the methods to conduct an online survey, along with the survey questions. The Excel file contains all detailed answers to the survey questions, with names and email addresses anonymized to protect privacy. The last file contains user narratives on how SaWS was used by them or by their organizations. To protect privacy, all user names are anonymized.

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Steps to reproduce

All steps to obtain the data/results are described in detail in the README file and individual Method files.

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Categories

Tourism, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Fisheries Management, Environment and Health, Coral Reef, Beach Management, Optical Remote Sensing, Marine Pollution

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Related Links

Article
https://optics.marine.usf.edu/projects/saws.html
is related to this dataset

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