Calendar

• Networking Social
  Thursday, July 29th, 5:30 - ?
  Tampa Bay Brewing Company
  1600 E. 8th Avenue
  Tampa (Ybor City)
  Sponsored by SunLabs, Inc., U.S. Environmental Rental Corp., and Golder Associates
• Application of Remote Sensing Methods to Assess the Spatial Extent of the Seagrass Resource in  St. Joseph Sound and Clearwater Harbor, FL, U.S.A.
  Presented by: Cynthia Meyer, Fishery Biologist, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
  August 18, 2010, 11:30am
  Feather Sound Country Club
  
  In the event of a natural or anthropogenic disturbance, environmental resource managers require a reliable tool to quickly assess the spatial extent of potential damage to the seagrass resource. The temporal availability of the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper™ imagery, 16-20 days, provides a suitable option to detect and assess damage. This study examines Landsat™ imagery classification techniques to map the seagrass resource. The Mahalanobis Distance method achieves the highest overall accuracy (86%) and validation accuracy (68%) for delineating the seagrass resource (presence/absence). The Maximum Likelihood method achieves the highest overall accuracy (74%) and validation accuracy (70%) for delineating the seagrass resource estimated coverage (continuous/patchy). The Landsat 5™ imagery classification provides a seagrass resource map product with similar accuracy to the to Aerial Photointerpretation maps (validation accuracy 71%). The results support the application of remote sensing methods to analyze the spatial extent of the seagrass resource.
• AIPG 47TH Annual National Conference American Ground Water Trust 10th ASR And The Florida Association Of Professional Geologists Orlando, Florida
  September 11-15, 2010
  Online Registration
  Registration Form (PDF)
  
  Interested in being a technical presenter for the conference? Contact JOSEPH FUHR with GEOS ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. for more information.
  Email: jfuhr@geosenvironmental.com