Dr. Christoph Tholen (DFKI Marine Perception Group): Abstract

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is an important pathway of nutrients into coastal areas. During the last decades, interest of researchers in SGDs has grown continuously. However, methods applied for SGD research usually focus on the aquifer or on the mixing processes on larger scales. The distribution of discharged water within the water column is not well investigated. Small unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) equipped with environmental sensors can be used to investigate the spatial distribution of environmental parameters in the water column. This in situ data can be used for the identification of SGDs in coastal waters. Usually different parameters, for example salinity or temperature, are used for the identification of SGDs. However, in this case a method for the fusing of the sensor data is required. In this talk data from an SGD survey in Woodman Point (Western Australia) will be presented and different methods for sensor fusion and knowledge discovery will be discussed.

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