REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL AREAS
by G. Konecny
Technical University Hannover
Fed. Rep. of Germany
1. Introduction
The applicability of remote sensing in coastal areas is being
investigated at the Institute of Photogrammetry of the
Technical University of Hannover. The Institute collaborates
with the neighbouring institutes of surveying, geodesy and
carthography within the special research program on survey and
remote sensing procedures of coastal and marine areas instituted
by the German Research Foundation in the development of
techniques for applications of remote sensing in these areas.
The institute was fortunate to have the opportunity to integrate
its efforts into the German Aircraft Program on Remote Sensing,
sponsored by the German Federal Ministry on Research and Technology
and administered by the DFVLR, the German Space Agency.
Area of investigation was the Wilhelmhaven coastal area at the
North Sea. It served as test area I A of the German Aircraft Program.
The area of Wilhelmshaven constitutes the only deep water port of
the Federal Republik of Germany.
New industries are settling there, among them a refinery and
an oil harbour. New land is being created on which new secondary
industry, particularly chemical industry, is settling.
The remote sensing research program is being conducted in cooperation
with several organizations:
- The Institute of Photogrammetry of the Technical University
Hannover with 1o regular Institute members, and with 8 members
of the special research area financed by the German Research
Foundation;
- The DFVLR (the German Space Agency) in Oberpfaffenhofen;
- The Senckenberg Institute for Marine Geology and Marine Biology
in Wilhelmshaven;
- The Wasserwirtschaftsamt Wilhelmshaven (the local water
quality authority);
The problem areas under investigation concern:
1. Sedimentation of the water
2. Water pollution
Ecological change as seen in tidal flats