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Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO)

HICO Projects

Maria Adamo
Italian National Research Council
Italy
  • Using HICO data for the preparation of the incoming Italian satellite hyperspectral mission PRISMA
    proposal | 2012 AR
Enner Herenio de Alcântara
Sau Paulo State University
Brazil
  • Hyperspectral remote sensing of water quality in hydroelectric reservoirs in Sao Paulo State (Brazil)
    proposal
Adem Ali
College of Charleston
USA
  • Evaluating color producing agents and assessing algal bloom dynamics in the coastal waters of South Carolina, USA, using hyperspectal data
    proposal
Roy A. Armstrong
University of Puerto Rico
USA
  • Hyperspectral remote sensing of water quality indicators following episodic rainfall events in southwestern Puerto Rico
    proposal
Mohamad Awad
National Council for Scientific Research
Lebanon
  • HICO use in natural resources and coastal water chlorophyll-a monitoring
    proposal
Martin Bachmann
German Aerospace Center
Germany
  • Using HICO data for the preparation of the future satellite mission EnMAP
    proposal | 2012 AR
Claudio Clemente Faria Barbosa
National Institute for Space Research,
Brazil

  • HICO for optical active constituents retrieval applied to Amazon floodplain lakes
    proposal
Stewart Bernard
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
South Africa
  • Use of HICO in the Southern Benguela: Saldanha Bay case study
    2014 AR
Caren Binding
Environment Canada
Canada
  • Exploring the potential for harmful algal bloom species discrimination using HICO hyperspectral imaging
    proposal
James Bramich
University of Tasmania
Australia
  • Evaluation of chlorophyll a retrieval algorithms in Tasmanian coastal waters with a view to the detection and monitoring of harmful algal blooms
    proposal
Michael Burch
Australian Water Quality Center
Australia
and

Tsair-Fuh Lin
National Cheng Kung University
Taiwan
  • Enhanced water management through advanced monitoring of Adelaide's coastal waters, South Australia
    proposal
Sylvain Capo
Telespazio
France
  • Ocean water quality and nearshore monitoring of the French Basque coastal area
    proposal
Shui-sen Chen
Guangzhou Institute of Geography
China
  • HICO-based water transparency Mapping in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) of South China
    proposal
  • Mapping the bathymetry and seafloor by HICO along the south-west coast of the Leizhou Peninsula in South China
    proposal
Hyun Jung Cho
Bethune-Cookman University
USA
  • Model to separate water column chlorophyll and benthic vegetation signals from HICO data
    proposal | 2014 AR
  • HICO acquisition for early detection and monitoring algal blooms in Indian River Lagoon
    proposal
Padmanava Dash
Jackson State University
USA
  • Detection and mapping of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) using HICO data in four large inland lakes in Mississippi and the Grand Bay, MS-AL Gulf Coast
    proposal
Curtiss O. Davis
Oregon State University
USA
  • Hyperspectral imaging of river systems
    proposal
Ana Dogliotti
Pabellon IAFE-Ciudad Universitaria
- Buenos Aires
Argentina
  • Monitoring highly turbid waters using HICO: La Plata and Le Gironde estuaries
    proposal
Nguyen Ba Duy
Hanoi University of Mining and Geology
Vietnam
  • Evaluating water quality monitoring using HICO imagery in the coastal zones of Vietnam
    proposal
Bill Farrand
Space Science Institute
USA

funded by CASIS
  • Hyperspectral mapping of iron-bearing minerals associated with dry and ephemeral lakes
    proposal
Karen Fisher Favret
University of Montreal

Canada
  • Using spatial coherence in HICO data to characterize turbidity events and develop water transparency parameterizations for remote areas with highly variable turbidity
    proposal
Peter Fearns
Curtin University

Australia
  • Determining inherent optical properties, bathymetry and benthic types using HICO imagery within northeast and western Australia
    proposal | 2012 AR | 2014 AR
Francesca Garfagnoli
University of Firenze

Italy
  • Study and monitoring of water quality and oil pollution of coastal areas through HICO images
    proposal
Joaquim Goes
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
USA
  • Amazon influence on the Atlantic: Carbon export from Nitrogen fixation by diatom symbioses (ANACONDAS)
  • Characterization of large and unusual Noctiluca blooms in the northern Arabian Sea and their role in carbon cycling during the winter monsoon
proposal
Pedro Gómez-Giráldez
Agricultural and Fisheries Research
and Training Institute
Spain
  • Monitoring pasture quality and production in oak savannah systems within LIFE Biodehesa Project
    proposal
James Goodman
HySpeed Computing, LLC
USA

funded by CASIS
  • An enterprise architecture for transferring remote sensing algorithms from research to operations - hyperspectral applications in the littoral zone
    proposal | 2014 AR | web prototype
K. Fred Huemmrich
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
USA

funded by CASIS
  • Hyperspectral remote sensing of terrestrial ecosystem carbon fluxes
    proposal
Arife Tugsan Isiacik Colak
Istanbul Technical University
Turkey
  • Hyperspectral remote sensing of coastal water quality for Istanbul Strait and Marmara Sea in Turkey
    proposal
Mati Kahru
University of California, San Diego
USA
  • HICO data in support of ecological studies in the California Current
    proposal
Muhittin Karaman
Istanbul Technical University
Turkey
  • Determination of submerged microbial mat area, hydrogeochemical and water quality parameters by using hyperspectral data: A case study: Lake Acigol, (Denizli), Turkey
    proposal
Raphael Kudela
University of California, Santa Cruz

USA
  • Utilization of HICO in the California Current System for assessing high biomass bloom events and net primary production
    proposal
Teodosio Lacava
Italian National Research Council

Italy
  • Using HICO data for Ionian coastal waters (Southern Italy) investigation from space: CAL/VAL and model assessment activities
    proposal
Olga Lavrova
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia
  • Study of submesoscale water dynamics in coastal zones of the Black, Azov and Caspian Seas
    proposal | 2014 AR
Antonio Mannino
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA
  • Spatial and temporal resolution requirements for GEO-CAPE to capture the dispersion of suspended sediments and CDOM within river plumes and continental margins
    proposal
Sam McClatchie
NOAA Fisheries
USA
  • Are island wakes hotspots for juvenile fishes in the Southern California Bight?
    proposal
Audrey Minghelli-Roman
University of Toulon
France
  • Fusion of data provided by different sensors for water quality monitoring on coastal zones, application to south-eastern coast of France
    proposal
Mark Moline
University of Delaware
USA
  • Resolving complex flows in the reef/island environment of the Republic of Palau
    proposal
Jose Moreno
University of Valencia

Spain
Use of HICO data to study the water quality of coastal and inland water bodies
proposal | 2012 AR | 2014 AR
Wesley Moses
NRL
USA
  • Estimation of chlorophyll-a concentration using HICO data
    2014 AR
Colleen Mouw
University of Wisconsin-Madison

USA
  • Optical variability and remote sensing of inland lakes across the state of Wisconsin
    proposal
Mauricio Noernberg
Federal University of Paraná

Brazil
  • Hyperspectral remote sensing of water quality in Paranaguá Bay, southern Brazil
    proposal | 2012 AR
Leif Olmanson
University of Minnesota
USA
  • Use of HICO imagery for regional monitoring of the biogeochemical conditions of inland lakes
    proposal
Joseph Ortiz
Kent State University
USA
  • Characterization of chlorophyll a and analysis of pigment assemblages in Case II waters from Lake Erie using derivative hyperspectral data
    2012 AR
Brian Penn
NEON, Inc.
USA
funded by CASIS
  • International Space Station (ISS) hyperspectral collection support for the National Ecological Observation Network (NEON)
    proposal
Thomas Powell
University of California, Berkeley

USA
  • Coupling terrestrial ecosystems and watershed hydrology to coastal ocean productivity
    proposal
Sei-Ichi Saitoh
Hokkaido University

Japan
  • Identification of diatoms in coastal waters using HICO imagery within the southern part of Hokkaido, Japan
    proposal | 2012 AR
Suhyb Salama
University of Twente
The Netherlands
  • Monitoring of wetlands in the Nile Delta
    proposal
Raymond Sambrotto
Columbia University
USA
  • The analysis of storm impacts on the Hudson estuary and coastal New York Bight
    proposal
Blake Schaeffer
US EPA

USA
  • Transformational approach to monitoring water quality sustainability of coastal ecosystems from satellite remote sensing
    proposal | 2014 AR
John Schalles
Creighton University

USA
  • HICO imagery for geospatial analysis of organic carbon, phytoplankton, and tidal wetlands of the Georgia Coast & SAB
    proposal | article
P. Shanmugam
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
India
  • A hyperspectral atmospheric correction algorithm to retrieve water-leaving radiance signal from HICO data
    proposal
R. Shuchman
Michigan Tech Research Institute
USA

funded by CASIS
Utilization of HICO data for Great Lakes water quality investigation
proposal
Evangelos Spyrakos
University of Stirling

United Kingdom
  • Assessment and application of HICO data for the study and monitoring of lakes
    proposal | 2014 AR
Jose Stech
National Institute for Space Research
Brazil
  • Use of HICO imagery for monitoring water's biogeochemical constituents of an aquaculture area in a tropical reservoir
    proposal
Lihong Su
Texas A&M University
USA
  • Quantifying seagrass species and growing status by using HICO hyperspectral data
    proposal
Nathan Torbick
Applied Geosolutions
USA
  • Mapping inland lake water quality to support eco-epidemiological modeling of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) risk factors
    proposal
Roberto Venegas
NOAA
USA
  • Using HICO to derive coastal products at US affiliated Pacific Islands Region: Bathymetry, benthic features, and turbidity
    proposal
Cara Wilson
NOAA
USA
  • Hyperspectral imaging of Peninsula Valdes, Argentina with HICO
    proposal
Qianguo Xing
Chinese Academy of Sciences

China
  • Utility of HICO imagery in monitoring coastal waters with high sediment contents
    proposal | 2012 AR
Richard Zimmerman
Old Dominion University
USA
  • Impacts of seagrasses and ocean acidification on carbon cycling and sequestration at Dongsha National Marine Park, Republic of China (Taiwan)
    proposal