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Article: Wright State University Geologist Uses Satellite Imagery To Study Surface Water Quality Within Ohio River Watershed.
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- January 6, 2005
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Byline: Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Wright State University research scientist is using satellite imagery to evaluate water quality within the streams and rivers of the Ohio River watershed.
Abinash Agrawal, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, recently received a $20,000 grant from NASA as part of the a $39,000 project that began in late 2003.
"This is a new field of remote sensing that uses satellite pictures to examine land surfaces and land-use patterns within the Ohio River watershed, which includes large portions of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky," explained Agrawal, ...