Venice, Italy

Location: Acqua Alta Tower, Venice, Italy

Focus: Technology validation

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Instrument validation

The objective of this collaborative project between CSIRO and CNR, is to leverage an existing well-equipped calibration and validation site in Europe, the AAOT, to install CSIRO’s HydraSpectra hyperspectral sensor to:

  • Collect data alongside other radiometric instrumentation and validate its role as a secondary radiometer.
  • Investigate water quality algorithms from HydraSpectra reflectance data for European coastal waters to help implement the AquaWatch Mission, using complimentary data from in situ water quality sensors at the AAOT tower, comparing HydraSpectra performance to other local sensors, as a validation source for hyperspectral satellite (including from PRISMA mission) image data.