Aerospace remote sensing of the coastal zone for water quality and biotic productivity applications

Remote sensing can provide the wide area synoptic coverage of surface waters which is required for studies of such phenomena as river plume mixing, phytoplankton dynamics, and pollutant transport and fate, but which is not obtainable by conventional oceanographic techniques. The application of sever...

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Main Authors: Pritchard, E. B., Harriss, R. C.
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Published: 1981
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19810058842 2023-05-15T17:32:12+02:00 Aerospace remote sensing of the coastal zone for water quality and biotic productivity applications Pritchard, E. B. Harriss, R. C. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available JAN 1, 1981 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19810058842 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19810058842 Accession ID: 81A43246 Copyright Other Sources 43 Annual William T. Pecora Memorial Symposium on Remote Sensing; June 10-15, 1979; Sioux Falls, SD 1981 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T14:42:36Z Remote sensing can provide the wide area synoptic coverage of surface waters which is required for studies of such phenomena as river plume mixing, phytoplankton dynamics, and pollutant transport and fate, but which is not obtainable by conventional oceanographic techniques. The application of several remote sensors (aircraftborne and spacecraftborne multispectral scanners, passive microwave radiometers, and active laser systems) to coastal zone research is discussed. Current measurement capabilities (particulates, chlorophyll a, temperature, salinity, ocean dumped materials, other pollutants, and surface winds and roughness) are defined and the results of recent remote sensing experiments conducted in the North Atlantic coastal zone are presented. The future development of remote sensing must rely on an integrated laboratory research program in optical physics. Recent results indicate the potential for separation of particulates into subsets by remote sensors. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
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description Remote sensing can provide the wide area synoptic coverage of surface waters which is required for studies of such phenomena as river plume mixing, phytoplankton dynamics, and pollutant transport and fate, but which is not obtainable by conventional oceanographic techniques. The application of several remote sensors (aircraftborne and spacecraftborne multispectral scanners, passive microwave radiometers, and active laser systems) to coastal zone research is discussed. Current measurement capabilities (particulates, chlorophyll a, temperature, salinity, ocean dumped materials, other pollutants, and surface winds and roughness) are defined and the results of recent remote sensing experiments conducted in the North Atlantic coastal zone are presented. The future development of remote sensing must rely on an integrated laboratory research program in optical physics. Recent results indicate the potential for separation of particulates into subsets by remote sensors.
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title_short Aerospace remote sensing of the coastal zone for water quality and biotic productivity applications
title_full Aerospace remote sensing of the coastal zone for water quality and biotic productivity applications
title_fullStr Aerospace remote sensing of the coastal zone for water quality and biotic productivity applications
title_full_unstemmed Aerospace remote sensing of the coastal zone for water quality and biotic productivity applications
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