OA17
Remote sensing of the coastal zone

Main Organiser
Soo Chin Liew
Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP)
Blk SOC1 Level 2, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119260
scliew@nus.edu.sg

Co-Organiser(s)
Hiroshi Kawamura
Tohoku University
kamu@ocean.caos.tohoku.ac.jp

Brief Description
The coastal zone includes a strip of land subject to marine influences and the coastal sea water subject to land influences. The coastal environment is commonly under pressure from human activities and economic development. This session focuses on the observation, modeling and management of the coastal zone, with emphasis on the use of remote sensing data as a source of information. Topics of relevance include coastal zone geomorphology; physical processes of currents, tides, waves, erosion and sediment transport; coastal biophysical systems such as the phytoplankton, coral reefs, seagrass and mangrove forests; land-sea interactions and the influences of anthropogenic activities. Remote sensing aspects include the use of sensors covering the visible, infrared and the microwaves spectral regions; algorithms and methods for data analysis and interpretation; techniques and applications of ocean color remote sensing in coastal waters, modeling of coastal processes; calibratio! n and validation of parameters derived from remotely sensed data.