HR: 1400h
AN: OS23E-10    [Abstracts]
TI: NOAA CoastWatch: Applications of Remote Sensing
AU: Hughes, K
EM: Kent.Hughes@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/ORAD, 5200 Auth Road, WWB/601, Camp Springs, MD 20746, United States
AU: * Barrientos, C
EM: Celso.S.Barrientos@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/ORAD, 5200 Auth Road, WWB/601, Camp Springs, MD 20746, United States
AU: Li, X
EM: Xiaofeng.Li@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/ORAD, 5200 Auth Road, WWB/601, Camp Springs, MD 20746, United States
AU: Pichel, W
EM: William.G.Pichel@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/ORAD, 5200 Auth Road, WWB/601, Camp Springs, MD 20746, United States
AB: NOAA CoastWatch is an operational program that evolved from a harmful algal bloom (red tide) incidence in the East Coast of the US in 1987. It began as a weekly program of sea surface temperature (SST) analysis from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the surface wind field and advection forecasts. Through the leadership of the senior author, CoastWatch continues to develop and expand in areas and parameters of coverage. Processing of remote sensing data and additional meteorological and oceanographic parameters is being done at the CoastWatch office at the NOAA Science Center in Camp Springs, Maryland. The data are available to the different CoastWatch nodes in the US. Users of the information then connect to the node responsible for their local area. We have applied up to date processing algorithms, conducted calibration/validation of the data, and provided processing tools to node centers and other users. We will be presenting the products and services that the program provides. Similar programs are being hosted in other areas of the world in collaboration with NOAA CoastWatch.
DE: 4217 Coastal processes
DE: 4262 Ocean observing systems
DE: 4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes (0689, 2487, 3285, 4455, 6934)
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly