Dr Vittorio Brando

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Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program - Project - Remote Sensing of Water Quality (CSIRO)

Published on 19 August 2012
Three maps, first showing water bodies extending out from the queensland coast, second showing chlorophyll levels and third showing areas exceeding the guideline thresholds
Remote sensing is now recognised as a suitable and cost-effective technique for describing and quantifying aspects of coastal water quality of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). As a component of Paddock to Reef (link) reporting, water quality estimates retrieved from the MODIS Aqua satellite time series are compared to regionally-specific environmental values and objectives set in 2009 for each of five water bodies identified in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA).
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