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dc.contributor.authorNair, T.M.B.
dc.contributor.authorSarma, V.V.S.S.
dc.contributor.authorLotliker, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorMuraleedharan, K.R.
dc.contributor.authorSamanta, A.
dc.contributor.authorBaliarsingh, S.K.
dc.contributor.authorShivaprasad, S.
dc.contributor.authorGireeshkumar, T.R.
dc.contributor.authorRaulo, S.
dc.contributor.authorVighneshwar, S.P.
dc.contributor.authorShesu, R.V.
dc.contributor.authorKrishna, Murali
dc.contributor.authorKumar, N.K.
dc.contributor.authorNaik, R.C.
dc.contributor.authorSudheer, J.
dc.contributor.authorAnnapurnaiah, K.
dc.contributor.authorRao, E.P.R.
dc.contributor.authorSrinivasaKumar, T.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-31
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-13T06:18:58Z
dc.date.available2024-02-27
dc.date.available2024-09-13T06:18:58Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Environmental Management, vol.354; 2024; Article no: 120477
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.otherhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724004638
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2024.120477
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.res.in/drs/handle/2264/9253
dc.descriptionIF(JCR2023) = 8.7
dc.description.abstractThe Indian coastal waters are stressed due to a multitude of factors, such as the discharge of industrial effluents, urbanization (municipal sewage), agricultural runoff, and river discharge. The coastal waters along the eastern and western seaboard of India exhibit contrasting characteristics in terms of seasonality, the magnitude of river influx, circulation pattern, and degree of anthropogenic activity. Therefore, understanding these processes and forecasting their occurrence is highly necessary to secure the health of coastal waters, habitats, marine resources, and the safety of tourists. This article introduces an integrated buoy-satellite based Water Quality Nowcasting System (WQNS) to address the unique challenges of water quality monitoring in Indian coastal waters and to boost the regional blue economy. The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has launched a first-of-its-kind WQNS, and positioned the buoys at two important locations along the east (Visakhapatnam) and west (Kochi) coast of India, covering a range of environmental conditions and tourist-intensive zones. These buoys are equipped with different physical-biogeochemical sensors, data telemetry systems, and integration with satellite-based observations for real-time data transmission to land. The sensors onboard these buoys continuously measure 22 water quality parameters, including surface current (speed and direction), salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, phycocyanin, phycoerythrin, Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter, chlorophyll-a, turbidity, dissolved methane, hydrocarbon (crude and refined), scattering, pCO2 (water and air), and inorganic macronutrients (nitrite, nitrate, ammonium, phosphate, silicate). This real-time data is transmitted to a central processing facility at INCOIS, and after necessary quality control, the data is disseminated through the INCOIS website. Preliminary results from the WQNS show promising outcomes, including the short-term changes in the water column oxic and hypoxic regimes within a day in coastal waters off Kochi during the monsoon period, whereas effluxing of high levels of CO2 into the atmosphere associated with the mixing of water, driven by local depression in the coastal waters off Visakhapatnam. The system has demonstrated its ability to detect changes in the water column properties due to episodic events and mesoscale processes. Additionally, it offers valuable data for research, management, and policy development related to coastal water quality
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
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dc.titleAn integrated buoy-satellite based coastal water quality nowcasting system: India�s pioneering efforts towards addressing UN ocean decade challenges
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorMoES-Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, 500090, India


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