Remote sensing for water quality and biological measurements in coastal waters
Recent remote sensing experiments in the United States' coastal waters indicate that certain biological and water quality parameters have distinctive spectral characteristics. Data outputs from remote sensors, to date, include: (1) high resolution measurements to determine concentrations and distributions of total suspended particulates, temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a, and phytoplankton color group associations from airborne and/or satellite platforms, and (2) low resolution measurements of total suspended solids, temperature, ocean color, and possibly chlorophyll from satellite platforms. A summary of platforms, sensors and parameters measured is given. Remote sensing, especially when combined with conventional oceanographic research methods, can be useful in such high priority research areas as estuarine and continental shelf sediment transport dynamics, transport and fate of marine pollutants, marine phytoplankton dynamics, and ocean fronts.
- Research Organization:
- NASA, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
- OSTI ID:
- 6867599
- Journal Information:
- Photogramm. Eng. Remote Sensing; (United States), Journal Name: Photogramm. Eng. Remote Sensing; (United States) Vol. 46; ISSN PERSD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AERIAL MONITORING
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHLOROPHYLL
COASTAL WATERS
DATA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
MICROORGANISMS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PHYTOCHROMES
PHYTOPLANKTON
PIGMENTS
PLANKTON
POLLUTION
PORPHYRINS
REMOTE SENSING
SALINITY
SURFACE WATERS
USA
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY