GEOS presents

Dr. Karl H. Szekeilda

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Science Center, 4th Floor, CUNY Graduate Center

OBSERVATIONS OF ALGAL BLOOMS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN THE COASTAL OCEAN

The appearance of algal blooms is a serious environmental problem in freshwater resources and coastal regions. Dr. Szekielda’s research focused on the detection of blooms with remote sensing techniques and results will be presented with emphasis on observations from the International Space Station (ISS) over various coastal regimes.

Dr. Szekielda received an award for five consecutive years to work at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Washington DC., as a Summer Senior ONR/ASEE Faculty member and worked with the NRL team on data that were collected with a hyperspectral imager for the coastal ocean. His research led to the identification of plankton and river discharge pattern in various coastal regions. In his presentation, high resolution spectra that were obtained with the imager, will show the analysis of oceanic frontal systems and plankton patchiness as well as estimates of chlorophyll concentrations in coastal waters.

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As always, snacks and coffee will be provided.

Funding for GEOS is provided by the Doctoral Students’ Council.