Description
Date: 8 March 2025
Time: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Location: The Marriott New Orleans, Studio 8
Trainers: Amita Mehta (612, NASA-UMBC GESTAR II) and William Wainwright (619, SSAI)
This 2-hour, introductory, in-person training will provide an overview of NASA remote sensing data for supporting aquaculture activities in marine and freshwater environments. The training will include fundamentals of remote sensing of water quality, and how to access and visualize data for monitoring harmful algal blooms. No prior knowledge or experience is required to attend the training. Participants should plan to attend for the entire 2-hour duration of the workshop and bring laptops to participate in provided hands-on exercises.
Materials:
Presenation Slides Worldview Exercise CyAN Exercise STREAM Exercise
- Two-hour, in-person workshop
- Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
- Satellites, Sensors, and Data Products Relevant for Water Quality Monitoring
- Demonstrations:
- Worldview: How to Access and Visualize True Color Images, SST, Chlorophyll-a Concentration
- CyAN: Cyanobacteria Concentration in Freshwater Lakes
- Hands-On Exercise with Worldview
- Introduction to Satellite-based Analysis Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Aquatic Environments (STREAM)
- Demonstration:
- STREAM: Monitor Chlorophyll-a Concentration, Total Suspended Solids, and Secchi Disk Depth
- Hands-On Exercise with STREAM
- Summary, Q&A, and Survey
