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接近实时的支持。这将包括与研究项目相关地区的海洋颜色、温度、表面风和海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事业组织的Aqua和Terra极地轨道卫星上的两个中分辨率成像光谱仪(MODIS)以约1公里的地面分辨率进行的测量，以及适当和可用的其他类似分辨率的传感器。将使用额外的高分辨率(十米量级)图像，这些图像来自在光谱可见部分运行的辐射计，以及从新的RSMAS地面站下载的合成孔径雷达(SARS) (CSTARS-东南热带高级遥感中心)于2002年开始运作。我们也会提供在比斯坎湾附近用RSMAS设备采集的地面气象数据；比斯坎湾东部边缘福威岩(北纬25.59度，西经80.10度)的CMAN(海岸-海洋自动化网络)站的额外气象数据，以及迈阿密国家气象局多普勒雷达的雨量分布。这些数据将驱动微生物污染项目中比斯坎湾的水动力学模型。在核心项目范围内，将开展更多研究，以开发和完善算法，以检索与有害藻华等有关的具体信息。

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.