Research activities carried out by NF‐POGO alumni at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Cochin, Kerala, India In situ Time Series measurement of bio‐optical parameters: CIFT is working on the Ocean Colour monitoring through in‐situ time series measurements of key bio‐ optical parameters and the generated data is complimenting and supplementing remote sensing data with in‐situ observations. The main objectives of the research are to create a data base of optical properties of optically active substances (OAS), development of satellite derived ocean colour products for the coastal regions and improvements of algorithms to retrieve the OAS through ocean colour data for the Coastal and Fisheries management. The main areas of research are the optically complex coastal, estuarine and poorly sampled regions of the ocean in respect of the bio‐optical studies. Our major focus is on the coastal region of Kerala, Southern Ocean (SO) and other optically important regions of the Oceans. Major bio‐optical works doing at CIFT Studies on the dynamics of chlorophyll in marine/estuarine waters Studies on bio optical characteristics of pelagic fish shoal sighted regions Measurements of optical characteristics using Hyperspectral Radiometer Community structure of phytoplankton and its relation with productivity Evaluation of micro and macro nutrient status and its relation with productivity Production of synoptic fields of chlorophyll pigment Creation of a long term monitoring station for coastal waters to supplement the chlorophyll network Our Team: DDG Fisheries, ICAR, New Delhi, India Dr. B. Meenakumari (meenakumarib@gmail.com) Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, India Dr. Muhamed Ashraf P.( ashrafp2008@gmail.com) Mr. Shaju S S, Senior Research Fellow Miss. Minu P, Senior Research Fellow Miss. Archana G. Senior Research Fellow
Photo by alumnus W.N.C.Pryiadarshani
Contact us: kanthi@phy.ruh.ac.lk, ssve@pml.ac.uk, lilian.krug@nf‐pogo‐alumni.org NANO website: www.nf‐pogo‐alumni.org
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