Publisher's Synopsis
Responsibility for the quality of estuarine and coastal waters to a distance of some three nautical miles from certain baselines around England and Wales rests with the NRA. In considering the problems of monitoring this coastal environment, the NRA commissioned a pilot study along the south coast of England in July 1991, utilizing airborne remote sensing of both the sea's colour and temperature. The study tested the feasibility of operating such campaigns for routine monitoring as well as the value, in absolute physical and biogeochemical terms of the data obtained. This final illustrated report provides an overview of the air and supporting sea campaigns and gives the results of the analyses carried out.
