Present Status and Future Trends in Estuarine Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Technology: Satellite, Airborne, In-Situ

This workshop was designed to highlight the present and future capabilities of satellite and air-borne sensing technologies to assess water quality and land-use changes in estuarine environments with direct application to the Chesapeake Bay. Experts from within the Bay scientific community, as well as from other estuaries, provided an overview of the technology as well as its application to estuaries and watersheds. The workshop assisted a recommendation made to the Bay Program that they embrace remote sensing technologies to replace or supplement existing monitoring efforts by providing an overview of existing technologies utilized within the Bay as well as from selected other estuaries. The audience of this workshop was made up of Chesapeake Bay Program scientists and managers, and graduate students and academic scientists interested in a review of the field.