Advances in combining optical citizen observations on water quality with satellite observations as part of an environmental monitoring system

Timo Pyhälahti; Timo Toivanen; Kari Kallio; Marko Järvinen; Matthieu Molinier; Sampsa Koponen; Ville Kotovirta; Cheng Yuan Peng; Saku Anttila; Marnix Laanen; Matti Lindholm

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7327055

Advances in combining optical citizen observations on water quality with satellite observations as part of an environmental monitoring system

Timo Pyhälahti, Timo Toivanen, Kari Kallio, Marko Järvinen, Matthieu Molinier, Sampsa Koponen, Ville Kotovirta, Cheng Yuan Peng, Saku Anttila, Marnix Laanen, Matti Lindholm

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Abstract

Citizen observations, environmental data gathered by volunteers without professional observation capabilities, have been extensively used for Finnish water quality monitoring tasks. Recently, mobile smartphones and their digital cameras have enabled more direct measurements of transparency related water quality variables with inexpensive technology suitable for volunteers. These "Secchi3000" ideas of measurement technology by viewing known targets through multiple viewing path lengths within measured water were used to develop an iQwtr measurement device for water transparency related citizen observations. Past experiences with crowdsourcing and use of in situ water transparency data with satellite observations are reviewed and future challenges outlined.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	5395-5398
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-7929-5, 978-1-4799-7928-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7327055
Publication status	Published - 12 Nov 2015
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015 - Milano, Italy Duration: 26 Jul 2015 → 31 Jul 2015

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Conference	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015
Abbreviated title	IGARSS
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milano
Period	26/07/15 → 31/07/15

Keywords

Citizen Observations
crowdsourcing
water quality
satellite EO
measurement equipments

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Pyhälahti, T., Toivanen, T., Kallio, K., Järvinen, M., Molinier, M., Koponen, S., Kotovirta, V., Peng, C. Y., Anttila, S., Laanen, M., & Lindholm, M. (2015). Advances in combining optical citizen observations on water quality with satellite observations as part of an environmental monitoring system. In 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (pp. 5395-5398). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7327055

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Advances in combining optical citizen observations on water quality with satellite observations as part of an environmental monitoring system. / Pyhälahti, Timo; Toivanen, Timo; Kallio, Kari et al.
2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2015. p. 5395-5398.

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