Satellite imaging coral reef resilience at regional scale. A case-study from Saudi Arabia

► Spatially estimating a proxy for coral reef resilience from remote sensing data. ► Develop indices of coral stress from satellite data and apply using GIS. ► Propose the first-basis for a remote sensed resilience index (RSRI). ► RSRI provides an estimate of expected reef resilience. ► The framework presented is flexible and may be adapted to other reef regions.