SBIR Phase II: A Hydro Optical Analysis System (HOPAS) for Environmental Monitoring of Water Quality

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段的研究建议完成环境信息系统-水文光学分析系统（HOPAS）的开发。HOPAS将先进的辐射传输模型与强大的非线性规划算法相结合，使光学水测量转换为影响水质的物质组成和浓度的信息。第一次，卫星、飞机、系泊点和船只的光场测量值可以快速反向，以获得对浮游植物、悬浮矿物颗粒和溶解物质的准确估计。HOPAS将使科学家、环境工程师和水生资源管理者能够使用容易获得的原位或遥感光学数据来了解和管理水生生态系统。HOPAS将减轻对昂贵的、劳动密集型的水样实验室分析的需求，用于解决水质问题，包括饮用水供应中的微生物生长，农场、工业、船舶和家庭来源的表面污染物，藻华，渔业和海水养殖，以及珊瑚礁和海草床的保护。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research proposes to complete the development of an environmental information system - the Hydro-Optical Analysis System (HOPAS). HOPAS combines an advanced radiative transfer model with a powerful nonlinear programming algorithm to enable transforms of optical water measurements into information on the composition and concentration of materials that effect water quality. For the first time, measurements of the light field from satellites, aircraft, moorings, and ships can be rapidly inverted to obtain accurate estimates of phytoplankton, suspended mineral particles, and dissolved materials. HOPAS will enable scientists, environmental engineers, and aquatic resource managers to use easily obtained in situ or remotely sensed optical data to understand and manage aquatic ecosystems. HOPAS will alleviate the need for expensive, labor-intensive laboratory analysis of water samples for use in addressing water quality issues, including microbial growth in drinking water supplies, surface pollutants from farms, industries, vessels, and domestic sources, algal blooms, fisheries and mariculture, and protection of coral reefs and sea grass beds.