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相关区域的海洋颜色、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宇航局地球科学企业号的Aqua和Terra极轨卫星上的两个中分辨率成像光谱仪（MODIS）的地面分辨率约为1公里的测量结果，以及其他适当和可用的类似分辨率的传感器。将使用来自在光谱可见部分工作的辐射计和从新的RSMAS地面站下载的合成孔径雷达（sar）的额外高分辨率（10米数量级）图像

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.