Excel spreadsheets used for data manipulation and a summary results file (concentration in water estimates) are stored on the Entox server. Access to the Entox server is restricted to authorised personnel only via a password protection system. Provision of data to a third party is only occurs at the consent or request of the Program Manager. Summary Unique sample identifiers Comprehensive Records and of Custody paperwork across all components Training of field personnel, including deployment guidelines & records Analytical Quality Control measures Procedural QA/QC for the preparation, extraction and analysis of passive samplers including SOPs Inclusion of QA/QC samples (replication of sampling and procedural blanks) Continual evaluation, method development and improvement of methods for sampler processing & estimation of concentration in water Data management & security Remote sensing of water quality Vittorio Brando, Arnold Dekker, Thomas Schroeder Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Introduction This component will provide information on near-surface chlorophyll and suspended solids concentrations, water column turbidity and Secchi-disk depth in lagoonal and coastal waters of the Great Barrier Reef. In order to achieve this goal the CSIRO (with support from the AIMS and JCU) will acquire, process, validate, interpret, archive and transmit geo-corrected ocean colour imagery and required information data sets derived from MODIS satellite imagery data. In the of remote sensing and the use of global datasets such as those from MODIS, there are a lot of publications and proposals for standardisation. However, these protocols are currently not agreed upon. As this field of applications is still developing, some of the methodology, including QA/QC procedures still needs standardisation. There is some convergence going on, and in several parts of the processing and measurement chain, there are established and agreed protocols.
Excel spreadsheets used for data manipulation and a summary results file (concentration in water estimates) are stored on the Entox server. Access to the Entox server is restricted to authorised personnel only via a password protection system. Provision of data to a third party is only occurs at the consent or request of the Program Manager. Summary Unique sample identifiers Comprehensive Records and of Custody paperwork across all components Training of field personnel, including deployment guidelines & records Analytical Quality Control measures Procedural QA/QC for the preparation, extraction and analysis of passive samplers including SOPs Inclusion of QA/QC samples (replication of sampling and procedural blanks) Continual evaluation, method development and improvement of methods for sampler processing & estimation of concentration in water Data management & security Remote sensing of water quality Vittorio Brando, Arnold Dekker, Thomas Schroeder Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Introduction This component will provide information on near-surface chlorophyll and suspended solids concentrations, water column turbidity and Secchi-disk depth in lagoonal and coastal waters of the Great Barrier Reef. In order to achieve this goal the CSIRO (with support from the AIMS and JCU) will acquire, process, validate, interpret, archive and transmit geo-corrected ocean colour imagery and required information data sets derived from MODIS satellite imagery data. In the of remote sensing and the use of global datasets such as those from MODIS, there are a lot of publications and proposals for standardisation. However, these protocols are currently not agreed upon. As this field of applications is still developing, some of the methodology, including QA/QC procedures still needs standardisation. There is some convergence going on, and in several parts of the processing and measurement chain, there are established and agreed protocols.
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