Florida Environmental Research Institute

Florida Environmental Research Institute

Infobox Company
company_name = Florida Environmental Research Institute (FERI)
company_
company_type = Not-for-profit Research Institute
foundation = 1998
founder = W. Paul Bissett
location_city = Tampa, FL
location_country = USA
homepage = [http://www.feriweb.org FERI's Home Page] The Florida Environmental Research Institute (FERI) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, research and education organization [cite news |title=Trading The World At A Price |url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/08/bz-trading-the-world-at-a-price/ |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=2008-02-08 |accessdate=2008-03-07 ] located in Tampa, Florida. Founded in 1998, FERI’s initial client was the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Naval Research (ONR). [cite journal |last=Trees |first=Charles C. |coauthors=Bissett, Paul W.; Dierssen, Heidi; Kohler,David D. R.; Moline,Mark A.; Mueller,James L.; Pieper,Richard E.; Twardowski,Michael S.; Zaneveld, J. Ronald V. |year=2005 |title=Monitoring Water Transparency and Diver Visibility in Ports and Harbors Using Aircraft Hyperspectral Remote Sensing |journal=Proceedings of SPIE |volume=5780 |pages=91–98 |doi=10.1117/12.607554 |url=http://www.marine.calpoly.edu/PDF/Moline/2005.Trees.etal.watertransparency.pdf |accessdate=2008-03-07 ] It was ONR's funding that allowed for the development of the tools to rapidly assess the coastal ocean environment utilizing cutting edge environmental mapping and monitoring techniques, specifically hyperspectral remote sensing. [cite paper |last=Sandor-Leahy |first=Stephanie R. |title=Coastal waters imaging: instrument and data utility issues |publisher=American Meteorological Society |date=2007-01-17 |url=http://ams.confex.com/ams/87ANNUAL/techprogram/paper_119323.htm |accessdate=2008-03-07 ] Currently, FERI is responsible for a wide range of tasks spanning from the construction and aerial deployment [cite news |title=SCIENTISTS HOPE VIEW FROM THE SKY IS TELLING |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SO&s_site=sanluisobispo&p_multi=SO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10622FB025328589&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Monterey County Herald |date=2004-11-02 |accessdate=2008-03-07 ] of several digital sensor systems to the analysis of the data generated by these systems to produce informative and functional maps of U.S. coastal regions.

In 2003 the institute received part of a $4.2 million National Science Foundation grant for a study of pollution in the Hudson River. [cite news |title=Researchers to track Hudson River pollution into Atlantic |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2003-05-12-hudson-pollute_x.htm |work=USA Today |date=2003-12-05 |accessdate=2008-03-07 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.feriweb.org FERI Official site]


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