One of the main research areas of our NOAA-CREST project is to develop a procedure to estimate suspended sediments in Mayaguez Bay using remote sensing. This effort has involved several undergraduate and graduate students that have been testing several sensors and algorithms. The results of this work were presented during the 24th Annual Symposium of Caribbean Geology that was held in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez on February 29, 2008. This symposium was organized by the UPRM-Department of Geology and dedicated to the geologist Wayne Jolly, whom past away last month. The talk was titled “Monitoring suspended sediments in Mayaguez Bay using remote sensing” and given by Fernando Gilbes. Other authors of this work were Vilmaliz Rodriguez, Jose Martinez, and Eidalia Gonzalez.
