Detection Of Landuse Change And Its Relationship To Water Quality Features And Potential Fishing Grounds By Using Multi-Source And Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Imageries
Summary:
There are approximately 20,000 natural lakes across China, 2,800 of which measure at least one square kilometer. Most of these Lakes are undergoing eutrophication or other severe environmental nuisances owing to natural and/or anthropogenic processes. In order to prevent or to minimize such damaging impacts, and to ascertain a proper quality management of the lake water and the associated fish resources, it is required to have access to up-to-date, accurate, and relevant data and information on the aquatic ecosystem in a timely manner. To date, a number of technological tools can be used to acquire data in a timely and cost effective way, including multi-source remote sensing data, ground truth data collected real time by means of wireless sensor network, and other supporting data. The proposed project focusing on Xin’an river watershed and Qiandao Lake as well as on important wetlands and aquatic ecosystems on Chongming Island investigates the impact of water quality and land cover/use change on the spatio-temporal distribution of the fishing grounds in Qiandao Lake.
Consortium:
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- INSTITUTE FOR MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES – FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
- SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
- SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
- SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
- ZHEJIANG CAS APPLICATION CENTER FOR GEOINFORMATICS
- CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Partner from Europe, PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)