1. Sharon Brown, Program Manager Keisha Wilkins, Research Associate Elizabeth City State University Dixon Hall Room 232 Phone: 252-335-3992 Fax: 252-335-3572 http://cerser.ecsu.edu Remote Sensing Capabilities Within the Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research

2. Purpose The intent of the Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER) is to develop an innovative and relevant research collaboration focused on coastal, ocean, and marine research.

3. This center represents a joint effort by: Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) The Office of Naval Research (ONR) The MU-SPIN Office of Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pixoneer Corporation SeaSpace Corporation NOAA’s Wakefield Office of the National Weather Service (NWS)

4. CERSER Highlights CERSER was established at ECSU in July 2002. ECSU is the first HBCU to acquire a SeaSpace TeraScan HRPT system. ECSU is the only east coast training site for SeaSpace Corporation. Our system is configured for the reception and processing of HRPT and SeaWIFS data from polar orbiting satellites.

5. The CERSER Lab consists of:  SeaSpace TeraScan 1.5m HRPT system System is composed of the following components:  Polar Orbiting Tracking 1.5m Antenna  Global Positioning System (GPS) Antenna/Receiver  Telemetry Receiver  Workstation  Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)  TeraScan Software Suite  Laboratory consisting of 15 Computer Workstations containing: LINUX, UNIX and Windows XP  Remote Storage Areas of Research Information  Servers including a local Web Server, Data Server, and an Online Course Server

6. Pixoneer Geomatics PG-Steamer Software Image Processing Software Tools allow the user to process, visualize, manipulate and analyze remotely sensed imagery and other geospatial data in a single, integrated environment Ability to process AVHRR and SeaWiFS data ingested at CERSER

7. CERSER Imagery True Color Image of North Carolina and Virginia Coastlines NOAA-15 AVHRR 11-01-02 12:25 GMT

8. CERSER Imagery Tropical Storm GUSTAV NOAA-16 AVHRR 09/10/02 18:50 GMT

9. CERSER Imagery NOAA-17 AVHRR 03/25/03 Color Composite

10. CERSER Imagery NOAA-17 AVHRR 07/14/03 15:59 GMT Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)

11. CERSER Imagery NOAA-16 AVHRR 06/30/03 19:36 GMT Tropical Storm Bill NOAA-12 AVHRR 06/29/03 22:01 GMT Tropical Storm Bill

12. CERSER Imagery SeaWiFS True Color Composite Images 04/04/03 17:53 GMT04/06/03 17:36 GMT

13. CERSER Imagery Hurricane Isabel, as she approaches the east coast. 09/16/03 NOAA-17 AVHRR 09/15/03 NOAA-15 AVHRR

14. Research Projects Dolphin Occurrence and Activity on the VA Coastline and its Relation to Sea Surface Temperature – Summer 2003 Science, Settlement, and Remote Sensing: Locating the Remains of the Lost Colony of NE North Carolina – Summer 2003 Correlations Between Right Whale Distribution and Sea Surface Temperature – Summer 2003 Documentation of the TeraScan Installation & Image Processing – Fall 2002/Spring 2003

15. Community Viz Training for Pasquotank County Local Government Pasquotank County Government employees and ECSU personnel were introduced to plans and software being utilized for the Pasquotank River Watershed. Community Viz is a software package that operates on ArcView and has been customized with Pasquotank River Basin natural and cultural resource vector data.

16. Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing Workshop Faculty and staff from ECSU, Virginia State University, and the US Department of Agriculture were introduced to GIS and Remote Sensing applications, spatial analysis, and GPS.

17. PG-Steamer Remote Sensing Software Training CERSER sponsored PG-Steamer Training Workshop with Pixoneer. Dr. Mohamed Mohamed trained workshop participants on PG-Steamer software for remote sensing education.

18. Remote Sensing Training ECSU student researchers are attending training on how to use TeraVision and PG-Steamer image processing software.