LSU_ESL_COAST_EST
PROCESS
Real Time Monitoring of Coastal and Estuarine Process
Nan Walker
Real Time Monitoring of Coastal and Estuarine Process
LSU Earth Scan Laboratory
maps
http://www.esl.lsu.edu/research/coast_est_process/
INVESTIGATOR
NAN
D.
WALKER
Louisiana State University
Coastal Studies Institute
412G Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex
Baton Rouge
LA
70803-7257
USA
(225) 578-2520
Fax
(225) 578-5331
Telephone
nwalker@lsu.edu
METADATA AUTHOR
TYLER
B.
STEVENS
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory
Greenbelt
MD
20771
USA
301-614-5268
Fax
(301) 614-6898
Telephone
Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov
EARTH SCIENCE
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATER FEATURES
LAKES/RESERVOIRS
EARTH SCIENCE
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATER FEATURES
WETLANDS
EARTH SCIENCE
LAND SURFACE
EROSION/SEDIMENTATION
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
COASTAL PROCESSES
BARRIER ISLANDS
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
COASTAL PROCESSES
BEACHES
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
COASTAL PROCESSES
DELTAS
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
COASTAL PROCESSES
ESTUARIES
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
COASTAL PROCESSES
SHORELINES
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
MARINE SEDIMENTS
SEDIMENT COMPOSITION
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
MARINE SEDIMENTS
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
MARINE SEDIMENTS
SEDIMENTATION
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
MARINE SEDIMENTS
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
OCEAN TEMPERATURE
WATER TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
INFRARED IMAGERY
EARTH SCIENCE
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS
VISIBLE IMAGERY
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOSPHERE
ECOSYSTEMS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
WETLANDS
ESTUARINE WETLANDS
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOSPHERE
ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
WETLANDS
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOSPHERE
ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
WETLANDS
ESTUARINE WETLANDS
BIOTA
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
INLAND WATERS
OCEANS
Coastal Regions
Estuaries
Louisiana wetlands
Coastal Research
Coastal Management
Not applicable
NOT APPLICABLE
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
MODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
OCM
OCEAN COLOR MONITOR
Earth Observation Satellites
Terra
Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1)
NOT APPLICABLE
Earth Observation Satellites
Aqua
Earth Observing System, Aqua
NOT APPLICABLE
Earth Observation Satellites
IRS-P4
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite-P4 (OCEANSAT-1)
NOT APPLICABLE
1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
IN WORK
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CARTESIAN
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OCEAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
GULF OF MEXICO
CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Southeast United States
Aqua
Earth Observing System (EOS), Aqua
Terra
Earth Observing System (EOS), Terra
English
ARCHIVER
DISTRIBUTOR
LSU/ESL
Earth Scan Laboratory, Louisiana State University
http://www.esl.lsu.edu/home/
DATA CENTER CONTACT
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY EARTH SCAN LABORATORY
Lousiana State University
Coastal Studies Institute
412G Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex
Baton Rouge
LA
70803-7257
USA
(225) 578-2520
Fax
(225) 578-2957
Telephone
Online
No fees
The Louisiana Coastal ocean receives the discharge from the Mississippi and
Atchafalaya Rivers through the "bird-foot" delta and through Atchafalaya Bay.
Over thousands of years, these river sediments have built the extensive
Louisiana wetlands, many of which are now in a state of decline. In support of
coastal research and management, we have developed satellite image products
that enable frequent surveillance of surface water temperatures, suspended
sediment concentrations, and pigments (chlorophyll a and CDOM ) along the coast
and in Louisiana's shallow lakes and bays where coastal restoration, via river
diversions, is underway. The MODIS "true color " images are particularly useful
for detecting river waters and studying sediment transport in Louisiana coastal
waters (see image above). In addition, selected clear sky NOAA AVHRR
temperature and atmospherically-corrected reflectance images (showing suspended
sediments) of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Bay regions are available for
viewing extending back to 1999. Our highest resolution ocean color imagery is
acquired in real-time by the Oceansat-1 Ocean Color Monitor (OCM).The derived
chlorophyll 'a' product should be viewed as a gross estimate as it is usually
higher than true values due to the effect of CDOM and suspended sediments, both
of which occur in high concentrations along the Louisiana Coast.
[Summary provided by Louisiana State University.]
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