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

该奖项旨在支持航空成像光谱分析技术在富营养化相关水体定量分析中的应用研究。质量参数。该项目的目标是识别光学波段，以描述在判断水质时感兴趣的有机和无机成分并将这些测量与悬浮泥沙和叶绿素-a的浓度相关联。该项目中计划的模型开发试验场是哈德逊/拉里坦河口和新泽西州的沿海水域。导致该奖项的提案是根据计划公告NSF 90-121提交的，女科学家和女工程师研究规划补助金和职业发展奖。它解决了遥感概念的潜在用途，该概念将补充或可以想象地取代对沿海水域在确定其质量和确定河流污染物流入所引起的变化方面的作用排放到沿海水域。研究成果可应用于沿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.