1. Coastal Water Quality Remote Sensing Welcome Dr. Jeff Payne Deputy Director NOAA Coastal Services Center October 7, 2003

2. Coastal Services Center Mission: To support the environmental, social, and economic well being of the coast by linking people, information, and technology. –Bring coastal management, academic/research, and commercial communities together –Make managers aware of the current technological capabilities –Make commercial community aware of the needs that exist

3. Promote the Use of Coastal Observations by: Assessing user needs Assessing commercial capabilities Facilitating use of remote sensing data through demonstration data collection

4. Introductions Name Organization Why are you here?

5. Establishing new Architectural & Engineering (A&E) “Brooks Act” contract vehicle Indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) Cover all Center geospatial technology needs (remote sensing, GIS, etc.) Streamlines contracting process Summer, 2004 Questions: –Dennis Hall –Steve Raber CSC A&E Contract Vehicle

6. Water Quality Work at the Coastal Services Center Dr. Dave Eslinger October 7, 2003

7. Water Quality Work at the Center Issues –Harmful algal blooms (HABs) –Eutrophication –Nonpoint Source Pollution Activities –Land use effects on water quality via remote sensing –Detecting HABs in Gulf of Mexico –Tools for decision support –Remotely measuring water quality Primary productivity modeled from satellite

8. Water Quality Remote Sensing GOAL: A demonstration of operational remote sensing addressing water quality management needs Field programs RFI: What is out there? This meeting! Demonstration collections –Request for Proposals –Up to 5 contracts of ~$20K (pending funding) –Summer, 2004 Presentation of results: GeoTools’05

9. New Jersey Project Evaluate airborne remote sensing as a practical management tool –Utility in shallow coastal waters –Accuracy –Timeliness Transition operational program to state agency (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) *Need to coordinate with Bob on his presentation

10. Why Airborne Remote Sensing? Estuarine water quality requires: –High spatial resolution (<1km) –Flexible timing Field coordination Weather dependent

11. Instruments Airborne Oceanographic Lidar –Laser fluorosensor Passive color –ADAS hyperspectral system –SAS SST –Heimann infrared radiometer

12. Example area: Delaware Bay High spatial variability Bloom progression

13. Bottom reflectance Seagrasses Turbidity CDOM Other approaches? Other sensors? –Fast –Simple –Inexpensive Current Challenges

14. Request for Information Goal: To determine the state of the art and availability of remote sensing technologies to measure water quality in the coastal zone –Must be operational –Must be appropriate for the coastal zone –Must have quick data turn-around time

15. Parameters of interest Chlorophyll concentration Turbidity Temperature Salinity Others? Data delivery time Data cost Data resolution Issues

16. Goals of This Meeting To bring together coastal managers, academics, and commercial vendors to share their stories (successes, failures and common needs) To assess the water quality monitoring needs of the coastal management community –Part of our IOOS effort? To solicit input on what should be included in a demonstration of operational water quality remote sensing