Use of Imaging Spectrometry for Turbidity Analysis in Nearshore/Estuarine Waters

该奖项旨在为航空成像光谱法在富营养化相关水质参数定量分析中的应用研究提供支持。该项目的目标是确定描述有机和无机成分的光学波段，以判断水质，并将这些测量结果与悬浮物浓度联系起来沉积物和叶绿素a。在这个项目中，模型开发计划的试验场是哈德逊/拉坦河河口和新泽西州的沿海水域。该奖项的提案是根据项目公告NSF 90-121，研究计划资助和女性科学家和工程师职业发展奖提交的。它讨论了遥感概念的潜在用途，该概念将补充或可以想象地取代在确定其质量和确定方面对沿海水域进行广泛取样的需要由于河流排放到沿海水域的污染物大量涌入而造成的变化。研究结果可用于滨海污染治理设施的工程设计。

This is an award to provide support for research on the utility of airborne imaging spectrometry in quantitative analysis of eutrophication-related water quality parameters. Objectives of this project are to identify the optical bands that describe organic and inorganic constituents of interest in judging water quality and to correlate these measurements with concentrations of suspended sediment and chlorophyll-a. The planned test-site for model development in this project is the Hudson/Raritan River Estuary and coastal waters of New Jersey. The proposal leading to this award was submitted in accord with Program Announcement NSF 90-121, Research Planning Grants and Career Advancement Awards for Women Scientists and Engineers. It addresses the potential use of a remote-sensing concept that would complement or conceivably replace the need for extensive sampling of coastal waters in establishing their quality and determining changes that result from an influx of pollutants from streams discharging to coastal waters. Results of this research may be applied in engineering design of coastal pollution abatement facilities.