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2 SATELLITE DATA COLLECTION BY THE UPRM-TCESS SPACE INFORMATION LABORATORY

3 Visita a la Estación De Satélites De UPRM En el CID 16 sep. 4:30 pm Nos reuniremos al frente del CID. CID

4 L-BAND ANTENNA Orbview 2 NOAA 14/16

5 Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Band Wavelength (nm) Phytoplankton Chl-a

6 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Band Wavelength (mm) Sea Surface Temperature (SST)

7 X-BAND ANTENNA RADARSAT LANDSAT-7 AQUA TERRA

8 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Internal Waves

9 LANDSAT 7 ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS ETM+ Land-Sea Interface

10 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 36 bands from visible to infrared Spatial resolution 250 m (bands 1-2) 500 m (bands 3-7) 1000 m (bands 8-36) Chlorophyll-a

11 CLIMATE MODELING GROUP Jorge Gonzalez, P.I. - Mechanical Engineering Nazario Ramirez, Co-P.I. - Industrial Engineering AVHRR-Vegetation Index

12 BIO-OPTICAL OCEANOGRAPHY LABORATORY UPRM-Department of Marine Sciences Better understanding of phytoplankton dynamics in the Eastern Caribbean region. Studies of ocean fertilization in the region by Riverine input, Upwelling, and Sahara dust. Validation and development of Bio-Optical Algorithms.

13 PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS AFFECTED BY REGIONAL RIVERS Orinoco River Amazon River

14 PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS AFFECTED BY HURRICANES September 19 September 25 October 15

15 GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING LABORATORY (GERS LAB) GERS.UPRM.EDU

16 RESEARCH AREAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY THE GERS LAB AT THE UPRM-DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY LAND-SEA INTERFACE GIS IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING OF BIO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

17 R/V CHAPMAN R/V SULTANA

18 REMOTE SENSING REFLECTANCE GER-1500 SPECTRORADIOMETER

19 BIOGEO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES (Following the NASA protocols for validation of ocean color sensors) Phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a Water Collection Absorption of Particles (ap, ad, aph) Absorption of CDOM Filtration

20 BIO-OPTICAL ROSETTE Pump CTD Data Logger OCR-200 (Ed) AC-9 HS-6 Battery Pack Fluorometer OCR-200 (Lu)

21 Fernando Gilbes 1, Roy A. Armstrong 2, Richard L. Miller 3, Carlos E. Del Castillo 3, Marcos Rosado 2, and Nazario Ramirez 4 1 Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez 2 Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez 3 NASA-Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA 4 Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

22 MAYAGÜEZ BAY Añasco River Sewage Outfall Tuna Factories Outfall Yaguez River Guanajibo River

23 CLIMATOLOGY OF AÑASCO RIVER DISCHARGE (20 years) Discharge (ft 3 /sec) DRY SEASON RAINY SEASON

24 SAMPLING DESIGN

25 PRACTICAL SALINITY AT SURFACE Dry Season Rainy Season

26 FLUORESCENCE AT SURFACE Dry Season Rainy Season

27 SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS (mg/l) Dry Season Rainy Season

28 October 1997 November 1998 January 2000 September 2001

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30 SPECTRAL RESPONSE OF CORALS Reflectance (%) Spectral Reflectance of Nine Scleractinian Species Prp Acc Aga Mna Dis Fav Pra Dps Dpc Normal versus a bleached colony of D. clivosa Wavelength (nm) Reflectance (%) Normal Bleached Wavelength (nm)

31 PER CENT (%) REFLECTANCE OF DIFFERENT BOTTOM TYPES AT ENRIQUE REEF % Reflectance Sand Grass Coral (5 cm) Coral (20 cm) Coral (40 cm) Wavelength (nm)

32 SAMPLING SITES LA PARGUERA, PUERTO RICO El Mario Enrique Laurel Media Luna Ikonos Image

33 SPACE-BORNE HYPERPECTRAL DATA AT ENRIQUE REEF, LA PARGUERA, PUERTO RICO 1. On board of EO-1 Satellite, launched during November 21 of Capable of resolving 220 spectral bands, from 0.4 to 2.5 µm. 3. It can image a 7.5 km by 100 km land area. 4. A 30 meter spatial resolution.

34 STANDARD IMAGE CLASSIFICATION USING ENVI HYPERION IMAGE FROM SAMPLING SITE UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION 5 CLASSES SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION 5 CLASSES LA PARGUERA PUERTO RICO

35 HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING AVIRIS MISSION OVER PUERTO RICO AUGUST 17, 2004

36 HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING AISA MISSION OVER PUERTO RICO DECEMBER, 2007 AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3

37 Examples of AISA Images

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