- 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 inTampa ,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, specificallyhyperspectral 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 theHudson 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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