Project Information

Title: Evaluation of Airborne Remote Sensing Tools for GEM Monitoring 02584

Project Year and Number: 2002: 02584

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2003: 030584

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 project will evaluate airborne remote sensing tools for GEM monitoring, including a biological/ecological interpretation of the data collected. The instrument package consists of (a) a pulsed LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to map subsurface biological features day to a maximum of 50 m, (b) an infrared radiometer to map SST (sea surface temperature) day (similar to AVHRR, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer), (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. The project will use shipboard and buoy data for validation and interpretation of remote sensed data.


Proposal: View (22,507 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY02: View (246 KB)
Final Report: See Project 030584

Publications from this Project: None Available