Start Date
4-1974 8:00 AM
Description
A prototype multiparameter data acquisition network, installed and operated by the U. S. Geological Survey is a viable approach for obtaining near real-time data needed to solve hydrologic problems confronting nearly 2. 5 million residents of south Florida. Selected water quantity and quality data obtained from ground stations are transmitted for relay via ERTS-1 to NASA receiving stations in virtual real time. This data-relay system has been very reliable and, by coupling the ground information with ERTS imagery, a modeling technique is available for water resource management in south Florida. For example, water stage is correlated with watersurface areas to provide water stage-volume relations in near real-time for management decisions concerning the distribution of water to people, fauna, and flora of southern Florida. An overall water-resource model will be generated when the other aspects (stage-seepage, climate, evapotranspiration, water control releases to salt water, etc.) are incorporated.
An ecological model has been designed'for the Shark River Slough in Everglades National Park. This model uses areal measurements of water surface from ERTS data in conjunction with an aquatic animal sampling program to determine density of aquatic animals in the Shark River Slough. These data are then used by U. S. National Park Service ornithologists to make decisions for regulation of water during the bird rookery season in Everglades National Park.
Water-Management Models In Florida From ERTS-1 Data
A prototype multiparameter data acquisition network, installed and operated by the U. S. Geological Survey is a viable approach for obtaining near real-time data needed to solve hydrologic problems confronting nearly 2. 5 million residents of south Florida. Selected water quantity and quality data obtained from ground stations are transmitted for relay via ERTS-1 to NASA receiving stations in virtual real time. This data-relay system has been very reliable and, by coupling the ground information with ERTS imagery, a modeling technique is available for water resource management in south Florida. For example, water stage is correlated with watersurface areas to provide water stage-volume relations in near real-time for management decisions concerning the distribution of water to people, fauna, and flora of southern Florida. An overall water-resource model will be generated when the other aspects (stage-seepage, climate, evapotranspiration, water control releases to salt water, etc.) are incorporated.
An ecological model has been designed'for the Shark River Slough in Everglades National Park. This model uses areal measurements of water surface from ERTS data in conjunction with an aquatic animal sampling program to determine density of aquatic animals in the Shark River Slough. These data are then used by U. S. National Park Service ornithologists to make decisions for regulation of water during the bird rookery season in Everglades National Park.
Comments
Earth Resources Program
Session Chairman: I. S. Haas, General Manager, Earth Observatory Programs, General Electric Company/Space Division
Session Organizer: C. L. Chase, Manager, Industry Communications, General Electric Company/Space Division
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