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WSU Develops Software to Monitor Worldwide Water Quality Story by: WSU Office of University Communication A Winona State University faculty member and three students have developed software that will help researchers and environmental protection agencies monitor coastal water quality worldwide. The WSU-developed software has been approved by the European Space Agency BEAM project as a plug-in to its VISAT software. VISAT is a toolbox for viewing and processing satellite images for remote sensing studies. (http://www.brockmann-consult.de/beam/) Over the past two years, Dr. Mingrui Zhang and WSU Computer Science students (now alumni) Jinyan Guan, Scott Olson and Wei Zhang worked in collaboration with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to develop an official software program that processes satellite data and helps researchers monitor pollution in bodies of water.Satellite images are increasingly being used to monitor the quality of the lakes, rivers and coastal waters that provide drinking water, recreational opportunities, as well as habitats for local flora and fauna. Researchers apply specific optical models to satellite images to determine the nature of the pollutants in the water. The research project has resulted in three papers to national conferences in remote sensing and computer science, as well as presentations at the 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment and at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.For more information, call Mingrui Zhang at 507-457-2980 or e-mail: mzhang@winona.edu. - WSU -
Last Modified: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:12 by Andrea Mikkelsen |
