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Monitoring in turbid coastal waters - ...

Monitoring in turbid coastal waters - Operational Service

Water Insight developed an operational service for water quality parameters based on Earth observation in the Eems Dollart estuary and the adjacent Wadden Sea area. The water quality in these areas is highly dynamic in time and space, making it impossible to monitor with conventional monitoring methods in sufficiently high resolution and frequency. Earth observation can provide a valuable contribution to an integrated monitoring system. As many standard Earth observation products and algorithms are not suitable for the very turbid and dynamic waters of the Eems Dollart region, careful validation and calibration of algorithms with in situ measurements from the area was required. The result is a service delivering relevant parameters for the calculation of primary production, including an estimate of the accuracy of the products delivered.