Advanced Webinar: Integrating Remote Sensing into a Water Quality Monitoring Program
Building on 2018’s advanced webinar series, Processing Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Water Quality, this training will focus on integrating NASA Earth observations into water quality monitoring decision making processes. This will include a brief overview of data products used for water quality monitoring, an overview of aquatic remote sensing-specific criteria, methods and best practices, obtaining NASA Earth observation data for water quality monitoring, and practical skill building in image processing for water quality monitoring of coastal and larger inland water bodies. Weekly, two hour webinars will include lectures, hands-on demonstrations, written instructions to conduct exercises, and a question and answer session. After the third session, participants are invited to participate in an optional, additional two-hour period of unstructured “laboratory” time. Participants will have the opportunity to work on exercises and submit questions to the instructors.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
- acquire relevant remotely-sensed imagery and products
- apply best practices for atmospheric correction to remotely-sensed images
- evaluate the uncertainty of images by validating satellite imagery using in situ measurements
- analyze water quality data using NASA’s SeaDAS software and validate aquatic remote sensing data products
- Three, two-hour sessions that include lectures, hands-on demonstrations, exercises, and a question and answer session
- After the third session on June 19, attendees are invited to an optional two hour “laboratory” time where they can practice exercises and submit questions to the instructors
- The session will only be broadcast in English
- A certificate of completion will also be available to participants who attend all three sessions and complete all three homework assignments, which will be based on the webinar sessions. Note: certificates of completion only indicate the attendee participated in all aspects of the training, they do not imply proficiency on the subject matter, nor should they be seen as a professional certification.
- Complete the on-demand Fundamentals of Remote Sensing webinar, Session 2C or equivalent experience.
- Complete the Advanced Webinar: Processing Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Water Quality webinar series, originally broadcast in September 2018.
- Download and install NASA’s SeaDAS software. As with the previous Advanced Webinar for water quality, this webinar will use SeaDAS. We recommend you open SeaDAS and ensure the software is working prior to starting the webinar.
Regional, state, federal, and international organizations interested in addressing water quality monitoring through the use of remote sensing. Professional organizations in the public and private sectors engaged in environmental management and monitoring will be given preference over organizations focused primarily on research.
There is no cost for the webinar, but you must register to attend the sessions. There will only be one time slot to take this training in, and it will be broadcast in English. Professional organizations in the public and private sectors engaged in water resources management and monitoring will be given preference over organizations focused primarily on research.
Complete information at https://arset.gsfc.nasa.gov/water/webinars/water-quality-2019