EC21B:
Present and Future Coastal and Inland Aquatic Remote Sensing for Science and Societal Benefit I


Session ID#: 11335

Session Description:
Coastal and inland waters are vital to life on Earth.  Watershed interactions with lakes and estuaries play a critical role in global biogeochemical cycles, in shaping and sustaining marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and can impact human economy, health and safety.  However, these vital resources are vulnerable to climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressures.  Remote sensing is a critical tool for the study of these systems on regional scales. This includes observations of physical factors in coastal ecosystems, such as the water surface temperature and height; suspended sediments; watershed evapotranspiration, soil moisture, and water body evaporation; and biospheric observations, including phytoplankton biomass and species composition; land cover/land use; benthic conditions, emergent and submerged aquatic vegetation, and coral reefs.  These observations are being made with current satellite and airborne active and passive sensors.  In the future, new space borne imaging spectrometers and other new technologies could overcome many limitations of current systems and transform observational capabilities.  This session will explore the latest interdisciplinary research, the challenges in coastal and inland aquatic remote sensing, and plans for future development of instruments and the utilization of coastal and inland aquatic remote sensing (in situ, airborne, and satellite) for science and to societal benefit.
Primary Chair:  Curtiss O Davis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Chairs:  Kevin Ross Turpie1, Jorge Vazquez2, Wesley Moses3, Cara Wilson4, Vardis M Tsontos2, Tiffany A Moisan5 and Michelle M Gierach2, (1)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Baltimore, MD, United States(2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States(3)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States(4)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States(5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Moderators:  Jorge Vazquez, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Cara Wilson, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Wesley Moses, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States and Vardis M Tsontos, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Index Terms:

4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeochemistry and Nutrients
  • HI - Human Use and Impacts
  • IS - Instrumentation & Sensing Technologies
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

EC21B-01
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 Mission: Current Status (86973)
Craig Donlon1, Bruno Berruti2, Constantin Mavrocordatos2, Jens Nieke2, Bernd Seitz2, Johannes Frerrick2, Pierrik Vuilleumier@esa.int2, Helge Rebhan2, Susanne Mecklenburg3, Philippe Goryl4 and Pierre Féménias4, (1)European Space Agency, ESTEC, Villanueva De La Can, Spain, (2)European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, (3)European Space Agency, ESRIN, Villanueva De La Can, Spain, (4)European Space Agency, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
EC21B-02
Satellite Remote Sensing of Sea-Surface Temperatures over the Great Barrier Reef. (89022)
Peter J Minnett, University of Miami, RSMAS, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, Xiaofang Zhu, Global Science & Technology, Inc, College Park,, MD, United States, Helen Beggs, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia and Craig Raymond Steinberg, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia
EC21B-03
Relationship between Sea Surface Temperature gradients and upwelling off Peru and Chile: Model/Data Analysis (91823)
Jorge Vazquez1, Boris Dewitte2, Dimitris Menemenlis3, Toshio Michael Chin3, Edward M Armstrong1 and Hector S. Torres4, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)LEGOS/IRD, SYSCO2, TOULOUSE, France, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)CICESE National Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Mexico, Ensenada, Mexico
EC21B-04
Assessment of Giant Kelp Physiological State Using Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery (91955)
Tom W Bell, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and David Siegel, University of California Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute and Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
EC21B-05
A Remote Sensing Perspective on Spatial Scales of Variation in Biogeophysical Properties of Coastal Waters (91341)
Wesley Moses and Steven G Ackleson, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
EC21B-06
Using Remote Sensing to Determine the Spatial Scales of Estuaries (93001)
Curtiss O Davis1, Nicholas Tufillaro2 and Jasmine Nahorniak1, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)COAS, CORVALLIS, OR, United States
EC21B-07
Assessment and application of AirMSPI high-resolution multiangle imaging photo-polarimetric observations for atmospheric correction (90486)
Olga V. Kalashnikova1, Feng Xu2, Michael J Garay3, Felix C Seidel1 and David J Diner1, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
EC21B-08
Improved Oceanographic Measurements with Cryosat SAR Altimetry: Application to the Coastal Zone and Arctic (93011)
David Cotton, SatOC Satellite Oceanographic Consultants Limited, Bramhall, United Kingdom, Ole Baltazar Andersen, Technical University of Denmark - Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Mathilde Cancet, Noveltis, Labège, France, Pablo Nilo Garcia, isardSAT, Barcelona, Spain, Lars Stenseng, DTU Space, Lyngby, Denmark, Francisco Martin, Starlab Barcelona S.L., Harwell, United Kingdom, Paolo Cipollini, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom and Jérôme Benveniste, European Space Agency (ESA-ESRIN), Earth Observation Programmes, Frascati, Italy
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