Transcript Remote Sensing Applications / Capacity Building

Ocean Remote Sensing Issues:
IOGOOS Meeting
Grand Bay, Mauritius
November 4-9, 2002
Report to IOCCG
by
Mervyn J Lynch
Curtin University
Perth, Western Australia
AUSTRALIA
• Don’t duplicate what is already
being undertaken by others
• Build linkages to like programs
that operate elsewhere
Issues
• Data exchange eg TM, ETM, SPOT data –
problem?
• High spatial and spectral resolution data are
expensive on scale of IO coastal zone
• What are the choices / preference for
satellite data sources?
• Hardware and software needs of users
• Climate group needs (we think) are
generally well met by existing data centers
(eg scatterometers / altimeters/ SST (?))
Issues (continued)
• Linkage between climate group program
and extension to the coastal ecosystem
management scale
• Understanding of physical forcing of
biogeochemical variables
• How do we utilize / integrate remotely
sensed products into such programs?
Science Issues
• Coastal waters (Case 2) emphasis –
algorithms need more work in high
sediment regions, shallow waters
• Compliance with standards and protocols on
data products and measurements
• Change detection (mitigation/ degradation)
is a priority and implies a focus on accurate
products and QC / QA
Planned Actions
#1 Compile a resources directory on
satellites and their products appropriate to
ocean research including:
- product descriptors
- accuracy
- spatial and temporal resolution
- availability (real time, delayed)
#2 Compile an Inventory of
Research & Capacity Building
Facilities of IO Regional Centers
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CB facilities / lecture rooms etc
CB facilities / computing laboratories
Wet laboratories (eg HPLC)
Instrumentation calibration / validation
Cruise capability
Staff /expertise / specialization
DB data collection & data archive
#3 Capacity Building Needs
Science of remote sensing / understanding of
products and limitations
- Interpretation of products
- Training / software and application
- Assimilation of RS data into ecosystem
models
- RS Capacity Building applications –
address these using case studies
Capacity Building Needs (cont)
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Scatterometry / surface winds
Altimetry /surface currents / limitations
Inshore currents / feature tracking
SST / frontal detection
Ocean color products (Chl a, suspended
sediments, dissolved organics, water optical
attenuation, primary production)
• Processing data from new satellites eg
(MODIS/MERIS/IRS) - consistency
• New products
#4 Ocean Information
Technology (OIT)
• Work with the Climate and Coastal groups
toward identification of acceptable OIT
system
• Initiate evaluation of OIT system for RS
support of IOGOOS programs
Specific Areas of Focus
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Fisheries applications (prawning)
Ecosystem status and management
Soil erosion / sediment transport
Establishment of regional reference sites
Pacific Rim Cruise ?
•Training in in situ sampling and
measurement protocols (reference
sites emphasis)
• Training in the interpretation of
satellite data products
• Training in regional applications of
data
2003 Activities
• Fiji meeting to be relocated to Brisbane
May / June 2003. Finances yet to be
resolved!
• IOGOOS follow-up planning meeting
tentatively scheduled by IOC for Hyderabad
in June /July 2003. Dialogue continuing
with with Dr Radakrishnan, INCOIS and
Chair IOGOOS.
Initial IOCCG / IOGOOS
Capacity Building Network
and Training Centres in the
Indian Ocean
• Dr Shailesh Nayak, ISRO, India
• Dr Nasser Zaker, Iran
• Dr Frank Shillington, Uni Cape Town, South
Africa
• Assoc Prof M Lynch, Perth, Australia
• ? ,IRD, Reunion
• ?, Singapore
• others ?
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