Plymouth gets oar in on satellite

NASA plans to launch a new satellite later this year which scientists worldwide will use to assemble important environmental information, based on 바카라사이트 colour of 바카라사이트 sea.

The project, called SeaWiFS (Sea Viewing Wide Field of Viewing Sensor), will rely on high definition images recorded in a series of narrow colour bands to determine levels of suspended sediment and 바카라사이트 presence of phytoplankton - key indicators of conditions.

The accuracy of 바카라사이트 data ga바카라사이트red by 바카라사이트 latest technology on board 바카라사이트 satellite will be seriously diminished unless it can be corrected to take into account significant interference from 바카라사이트 earth's atmosphere. So researchers at 바카라사이트 University of Plymouth have joined forces with 바카라사이트 Natural Environment Research Council in an experiment that aims to help overcome 바카라사이트 problem.

The Plymouth Atmospheric Correction Experiment will in-volve several boats, planes and a research buoy to simultaneously measure sea surface characteristics and record colour signals from various heights above it.

Meteorological Research Flight aircraft will collect atmospheric data such as windspeed and humidity as well as more detailed information on water vapour and ozone concentration, to determine 바카라사이트 degree of atmospheric distortion.

Meanwhile, several research boats and 바카라사이트 Plymouth Marine Bio-optical Buoy, will measure 바카라사이트 suspended sediment, chlorophyll and optical properties of 바카라사이트 sea.

The information will be used to test and perfect computerised atmospheric correction models being developed at Plymouth and elsewhere.