A baseline study of Perth coastal waters

Author

Lynch, M.J. ; Fearns, P.R.

Author_Institution

Curtin Univ. of Technol., Perth, WA, Australia

Volume

6

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2934

Abstract

The aim of this work is to develop a satellite-based coastal water quality monitoring capacity to assist in management of key anthropogenic activities on the coastal zone (ie. nutrient-rich wastewater, industrial and urban discharges, river and estuarine outflows). This tool will be applicable for the monitoring of long term water quality trends over local to regional scales to provide data on natural variation and long term trends in anthropogenically induced impacts. The project aims to develop a fundamental management tool that will be geographically transferable around the State and Australian Coastal Zone and which will be able to provide information at local, regional and statewide spatial scales, as required for management

Keywords

oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; water pollution; water pollution measurement; AD 1997; AD 1998; AD 1999; Australia; Hillarys transect; IR; Indian Ocean; Perth; Western Australia; baseline study; chlorophyll; coast; coastal waters; industrial discharge; infrared; marine biology; marine pollution; measurement technique; monitoring; multispectral remote sensing; nutrient-rich wastewater; ocean; optical remote sensing; phytoplankton; urban discharge; visible; water pollution; water quality; Australia; Boats; Ocean temperature; Radiometry; Sampling methods; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Thermistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978211

Filename

978211