Spectrum Of The Lakes - Using Satellite Remote Sensing To Unveil Water Color In Minnesota's Sentinel Lakes For Water Quality Monitoring
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https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2025.2509528 <-- shared paper
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https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fisheries/slice/index.html <-- shared DNR Sentinel Lakes monitoring programs
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#Satellite #RemoteSensing #hydrology #water #WaterColour #WaterQuality #Chromaticity #SentinelLakes #ecoregion #Minnesota #earthobservation #GIS #spatial #mapping #MidWest #US #waterresources #ecology #ecosystems #watersecurity #Landsat #OLI #surface #lake #waterbody #reflectance #tropic #wavelength #vegetation #catchments #vegetation #MDVW #forests #agriculture #farming #landuse #landcover #management #monitoring #protection

Sewage Crisis At California Coastline Can Be Seen From Space [remote sensing]
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https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sewage-crisis-california-coastline-visible-space-20384048.php <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179598 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads9476 <-- shared paper
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https://earth.jpl.nasa.gov/emit/ <-- shared NASA EMIT home page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #sewage #sewerage #California #coast #coastline #pollution #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Tijuana #SanDiego #USA #Mexico #NASA #publichealth #publicsafety #waterquality #airquality #marine #ocean #industrialwaster #stormwater #urban #runoff #estuary #beach #closure #contamination #contaminants #ctinoxate #methamphetamine #reflectance #wastewater #EMIT

We got a #paper out! We demonstrate that you can retrieve **all** of PROSAIL #RadiativeTransfer model parameters from #timeseries of #Sentinel2 #reflectance. You can then even explain ~90% of the full #Hyperspectral data. At least over #crops https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114510

UBC super-black wood can improve telescopes, optical devices and consumer goods
By sheer accident, UBC researchers created a new super-black material that absorbs almost all light and trademarked it as Nxylon
https://news.ubc.ca/2024/07/ubc-super-black-wood-nxylon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41147393

New super-black 'wonder wood' called Nyxlon absorbs almost all light
https://www.earth.com/news/new-super-black-wonder-wood-called-nyxlon-absorbs-almost-all-light/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsu.202400184

#light #MaterialsScience #UBC #optics #basswood #reflectance #SuperBlack #wood #microstructure #plasmas

#Reindeer #vision may have evolved to spot favorite food in the snowy dark of winter.

#UV #sensing #evolution #lichen #reflectance

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-reindeer-vision-evolved-favorite-food.html