Remote Sensing
PNAMP has recognized a need to improve the availability of information about remote sensing applications that are used in the monitoring arena. As an outlet for information about some current uses of remote sensing in the Pacific Northwest, PNAMP hosted a special session at the 2008 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Meeting.
The special session, titled ‘Remote Sensing Applications for Aquatic Resource Monitoring’, was intended to share some current applications of remote sensing techniques in aquatic resource monitoring and to raise awareness in the remote sensing community of the need for improved remote sensing applications. The session included 11 presentations and concluded with an expert panel discussion that focused on current technologies and what needs those technologies address. PNAMP published a compilation of papers from the presenters of this session and an overview of the discussion. See the right sidebar for downloads of the publication.
As a result of the special session, PNAMP has started a greater dialog among its members about remote sensing applications in aquatic resource monitoring and affiliations with a large number of experts. As the technology is implemented and advanced, remote sensing demonstrates the strong likelihood that more precise and cost-effective data can be collected in coordination with traditional ‘on the ground’ habitat assessment techniques.
PNAMP would like to continue the discussion to include a comparison of the cost, benefits, and tradeoffs of remote sensing technique integration with ‘on the ground’ work. It is our hope that this dialog continues to increase awareness to expand the base of knowledge and use of remote sensing techniques in aquatic resource monitoring and creates new connections to facilitate development of new remote sensing applications.