Application of remote sensing in water quality assessment and vegetation mapping
Implementation period: 05/12/2016 - 01/12/2017
GA number: 142-451-3601/2016-01
Type of Project: National
Project aim: The project aims to develop an innovative system for monitoring water and aquatic vegetation using remote sensing methods
About the project: The pollution of surface water bodies is a constant problem in AP Vojvodina. Regardless of the origin of the pollution and the ways it spreads, it has a negative impact on the living world and human health. The current practice of water quality monitoring is reduced to water sampling and laboratory analysis, which is a limitation in cases where it is necessary to obtain results quickly (in case of accidents, natural disasters), or other events caused by climate change. The project aims to develop an innovative system for monitoring water and aquatic vegetation using remote sensing methods. Monitoring of water surfaces and aquatic vegetation by remote sensing is based on surveying the terrain with an NDVI camera, mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle. Universal algorithms for image processing have been developed and water surface mapping based on NDVI water and macrophyte indices has been performed. Calibration and verification of the results from the images was done by standard methods of collecting water samples and field and laboratory analyzes of biochemical and microbiological parameters of water quality.
This project, with grant number 142-451-3601 / 2016-01, is funded by the Republic of Serbia, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, the Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research.