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IOCCG Report: Earth Observations in Support of Global Water Quality Monitoring
Citation:
Schaeffer, B., S. Greb, C. Binding, E. Urquhart, R. Stumpf, A. Tyler, P. DiGiacomo, M. Wang, D. Odermatt, E. Spyrakos, C. Brockman, AND A. Dekker. IOCCG Report: Earth Observations in Support of Global Water Quality Monitoring. World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
It is important to have a robust scientific understanding of environmental processes to inform stakeholders when addressing biological, physical and chemical water quality dynamics that impact designated uses. Management of water quality generally focuses within watersheds and the connected inland and coastal waters. Here, we focus on surface waters in wide rivers, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries and coastal waters that can be resolved by current satellite remote sensing technology
Description:
The information throughout this report is provided for water quality managers and various stakeholders interested in monitoring and assessing coastal and inland waters with satellite remote sensing. Water quality managers are identified as anyone who is responsible for protecting the designated, or beneficial, uses of water for any purpose. Water quality is defined as the biological, physical, and chemical characteristics required to maintain these uses. Broad categories of designated uses may include drinking, recreation, irrigation, and food supply. Stakeholders are more broadly defined as any person or entity that may have interest in, interact with, or benefit from a waterbody’s uses. An end-user of the satellite remote sensing information may include both water quality managers and stakeholders.
