Project Information

Title: Evaluation of Airborne Remote Sensing Tools for GEM Monitoring 030584

Project Year and Number: 2003: 030584

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2002: 02584

Principal Investigator (PI): Evelyn Brown (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Jim Churnside, Richard Collins, Robert Foy, Sue Hills

Research Location: All Spill Affected Areas

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: This is the year-two completion of a project initiated in FY 02. The main objective is an evaluation of airborne remote sensing tools for GEM ecological interpretation of the data collected. The instrument package consists of (a) a pulsed lidar to map subsurface features to a maximum of 50 m, (b) an infrared radiometer to map Sea Surface Temperature (SST) day, (c) two three-chip digital video systems to map ocean color (chlorophyll), birds, mammals, surface fish schools, and ocean frontal structure, and (d) an infrared digital video to map birds and mammals at night. Shipboard and buoy data will be used for validation and interpretation of remotely sensed data.


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Publications from this Project: None Available