Alexander Shor
OCE Division of Ocean Sciences
GEO Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:
August 1, 2004
Expires:
July 31, 2008 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:
$330000
Investigator(s):
Andrew Thomas thomas@maine.edu (Principal Investigator)
Mary-Kate Beard-Tisdale (Co-Principal Investigator) Steven Sader (Co-Principal Investigator) Habtom Ressom (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:
University of Maine
5717 Corbett Hall
ORONO, ME 04469 207/581-1484
NSF Program(s):
EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES, MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):
0204000 Oceanography
Program Reference Code(s):
OTHR, 9150, 1189, 0000
Program Element Code(s):
9150, 1189
ABSTRACT
0420393
Thomas
This Major Research Instrumentation award to University of Maine (UM) provides funds for acquisition of an X-band ground station for the real-time reception of the latest generation of earth observation satellite data. The data provide multi-spectral visible and infrared measurements of the ocean, coastal zones, forests and atmosphere. In collaboration with Rutgers University, which operates a similar system, the University of Maine group plans to offer 24/7 satellite-derived products for northeast U.S. ocean observation, merging research and operational requirements. The X-band capability significantly improves both resolution and information over an existing L-band facility at UM, and builds on the technical and educational expertise it has generated, including a major cross-departmental research and teaching program. The broader impacts of the acquisition are extensive, involving both basic and applied research programs by state agencies, non-profit organizations and universities in Maine and nearby states, in addition to NSF. Examples include studies of harmful algal blooms and storm impacts in the coastal environment, and forest vegetation and agricultural development on land. The real-time capability provides important support to shipboard sampling programs with real-time images of surface ocean properties. University of Maine is providing 30% of the costs of the project from non-federal funds. This proposal is supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences at NSF.
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PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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Luerssen, RM; Thomas, AC; Hurst, J.
"Relationships between satellite-measured thermal features and Alexandrium-imposed toxicity in the Gulf of Maine,"
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY,
v.52,
2005,
p. 2656
- 2673.
Pettigrew, NR; Churchill, JH; Janzen, CD; Mangum, LJ; Signell, RP; Thomas, AC; Townsend, DW; Wallinga, JP; Xue, HJ.
"The kinematic and hydrographic structure of the Gulf of Maine Coastal Current,"
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY,
v.52,
2005,
p. 2369
- 2391.
Townsend, DW; Pettigrew, NR; Thomas, AC.
"On the nature of Alexandrium fundyense blooms in the Gulf of Maine,"
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY,
v.52,
2005,
p. 2603
- 2630.
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