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Technical Workshop

Technical Workshop: Remote Sensing for Water Resources and Water Quality Modeling Applications

Sunday, May 18, 2025
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Room: Room 4
Abstract Submission: Satellite-based remotely sensed data has the potential to fill system-wide data gaps in ambient water quality monitoring and quantify pollutant sources and loads. However, such applications are scant and largely limited to the research domain. This workshop organized by the Remote Sensing Applications for TMDL Modeling task committee will serve two primary purposes: (1) demystifying remote sensing tools and data sets for water quality managers and practitioners; and (2) collecting information on the current understanding and use of remote sensing data sets in water quality management applications. The interactive workshop will provide participants with an overview of the various remote sensing products of relevance to water quality applications and related characteristics, including spatial, temporal, and spectral scales. This will be achieved through a series of short talks by members of the task committee. We will review data acquisition and processing approaches and demonstrate common platforms that can be used to view and download data sets. Following one or more talks within each theme, we will have interactive deliberations to advance the state-of-the-practice in applying remote sensing to water quality problems. The workshop will introduce Google Earth Engine and other tools that may be used for analyzing remotely sensed data.

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