Core--Remote Sensing

RSMAS的遥感实验室将为所有三个研究项目提供实时或近实时的支持。这将包括与研究项目有关的区域的海洋颜色、温度、表面风和波浪的几何校正和地理参考图像。这些数据将包括美国航天局地球科学企业号的Aqua和Terra极轨道卫星上的两个中分辨率成像分光辐射计的地面分辨率约为1公里的测量数据，以及其他适当和现有的具有类似分辨率的传感器。将利用在光谱可见光部分工作的辐射计和在新的RSMAS地面站下载的合成孔径雷达提供的其他高分辨率（10米量级）图像 （CSTARS -东南热带高级遥感中心），于2002年开始运作。我们还将提供在比斯坎湾附近用RSMAS设备拍摄的地面气象数据;从比斯坎湾东部边缘Fowey Rocks（北纬25.59度，西经80.10度）的CMAN（海洋自动网络）站获得的其他气象数据，以及从迈阿密国家气象局多普勒雷达获得的降雨分布也将被捕获。这些数据将推动微生物污染项目中比斯坎湾的水动力学模型。在核心项目内，将进行更多的研究，以开发和改进检索与有害藻类大量繁殖等有关的具体信息的算法。

The Remote Sensing Laboratory at RSMAS will provide real-time, or near-real-time, support for all three Research Projects. This will consist of geometrically corrected and geographically referenced imagery of ocean color, temperature, surface winds and waves in areas relevant to the Research Projects. These data will consist of measurements with a ground resolution of about 1km from two MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS's) on the Aqua and Terra polar-orbiting satellites of the NASA Earth Science Enterprise, and other sensors with similar resolution as appropriate and available. Use will be made of additional high resolution (order ten meters) images from radiometers operating in the visible part of the spectrum, and from synthetic aperture radars (SARs) down-loaded at the new RSMAS ground station (CSTARS - Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing) which became operational in 2002. We will also provide surface meteorological data taken with RSMAS equipment in the vicinity of Biscayne Bay; additional meteorological data from the CMAN (Coastal-Marine Automated Network) Station on Fowey Rocks (25.59 degrees N 80.10 degrees W) at the eastern edge of Biscayne Bay, and rainfall distributions from the Miami National Weather Service Doppler Radar will also be captured. These data will drive the hydrodynamic model of Biscayne Bay in the Microbial Contamination Project. Within the Core Project, additional research will be undertaken to develop and refining algorithms for retrieving specific information relevant to e.g. Harmful Algal Blooms.