Engineering Colloquium

Who: Dr. Tiffany Mosian, lead Observational Service Branch, Biogeochemistry Laboratory at Wallops. Dr. Mosian will discuss, 'Remote Sensing of Coastal Marine Ecosystems.' The coastal zone is a crucial boundary between land, ocean and atmosphere, a focal point for the accumulation of carbon (C) and nutrients, and a region under direct influence of human impact. A diverse suite of physical and biogeochemical processes act upon and transform these constituents as they move from the terrestrial watershed, through embayments to coastal and open ocean waters. In addition, Dr. Mosian will provide insight on the development of a small compact hyperspectral passive sensor that will allow for the remote sensing in coastal embayment to capture episodic events that occur on time scales that are currently under-sampled with current satellite sensors and the capability of mounting this on small aircraft to measure tidal signals and episodic event such as phytoplankton blooms.

When/Where: Monday, Sept 15 in the bldg. 3 Goett auditorium at 3:30 p.m.