Water quality monitoring using remote sensing in support of the EU water framework directive (WFD): A case study in the Gulf of Finland

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 157-166

  Chen, Qiaoling ^a   Zhang, Yuanzhi ^a   Hallikainen, Martti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Water policy; Water quality monitoring; Water quality standards; WFD

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER RESOURCES;

SATELLITE-BASED OBSERVATIONS; WATER POLICY; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

WATER QUALITY;

NITRATE; SURFACE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; NITRATE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; NITRATES; RIVERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33847763188     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9215-8     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Backhaus, R., & Beule, B. (2005). Effective evaluation of satellite data products inenvironmental policy. Space Policy, 21(3), 173-183.
2. Bloch, H. (1999). The European Union Water Framework Directive, taking European waterpolicy into the next millennium. Water Science and Technology, 40(10),67-71.
3. Bloch, H. (2001). EU policy on nutrients emissions: Legislation and implementation. Water Science and Technology, 44(1), 1-6.
4. Chen, Q., Zhang, Y., Ekroos, A., & Hallikainen, M. (2004). The role of remote sensingtechnology in the EU water framework directive (WFD). Environmental Science andPolicy, 7(4), 267-276.
5. Dirksen, W. (2002). Water management structure in Europe. Irrgation and Drainage, 51(3), 199-211.
6. Dworak, T., Laaser, C., Kuntz, S., & Seifert, F.M. (2005). Possible contributions ofESA global monitoring for environment and security initiative for the WFDimplementation. Environmental Science and Policy, 8(3), 321-326.
7. Esty, D.C., & Cornelius, P.K. (2002). Environmental Performance Measurement:GLobal Report 2001-2002, Oxford University Press, New York.
8. Gipperth, L., & Elmgren, R. (2005). Adaptive coastal planning and the European Union'swater framework directive: A Swedish perspective. AMBIO, 34(2), 157-162.
9. Heinz, I., Andrews, K., Brouwer, F., & Zabel, T. (2002). Voluntary arrangements tocope with diffuse pollution from agriculture and their role in European water policy. Water Science and Technology, 46(6-7), 27-34.
10. Kallis, G., & Butler, D.(2001). The EU water framework directive: measures andimplications. Water Policy, 3(2), 125-142.
11. Katko, T.S., Lipponen, M.A., & Ronka, E.K. (2006), Groundwater use and policy incommunity water supply in Finland. Hydrogeology Journal, 14 (1),69-78.
12. Koponen, S., Pulliainen, J., Servomaa, H., Zhang, Y., Hallikainen, M., Kallio, K.,Vepsäläinen, J., Pyhälahti, T. & Hannonen, T.: 2001, Analysis on thefeasibility of multisource remote sensing observations for chl-a monitoring in Finnishlakes. The Science of the Total Environment, 268 (1-3), 95-106.
13. Koponen, S., Pulliainen, J., Kallio, K., & Hallikainen, M. (2002). Lake water qualityclassification with airborne hyperspectral spectrometer and simulated MERIS data. Remote Sens. Environ., 79(1), 51-59.
14. Kroiss, H. (1999). Water protection strategies - Critical discussion in regard to the Danube river basin. Water Science and Technology, 39(8), 185-192.
15. Kumpula, A. (2002). Environmental Law. In J. Poyhonen (2nd eds.). AnIntroduction to Finnish Law, Finnish Lawyers' Publishing, pp.500-555.3pt
16. Kuusiniemi, K. (1993). Environmental Law. In J. Poyhonen (1st eds.). AnIntroduction to Finnish Law, Finnish Lawyers Publishing, pp.345-386.
17. Kuusiniemi, K. (2000). Water policy and legislation in the EU - the call for anintegradted approach, Lecture Note of Nordic Research Course on Water Resources-LegalProtection and Regulation, 19-24 August, Ebeltoft, Denmark.
18. Kuusisto, M., Koponen, J., & Sarkkula, J. (1998). Modelled phytoplankton dynamics inthe Gulf of Finland, Enviorn. Modelling and Software, 13 (5-6), 461-470.
19. Lindell, T., Pierson, D., Premazzi, G., & Zilioli, E. (1999). Manual forMonitoring European Lakes Using Remote Sensing Techniques, (EUR 18665 EN, OfficialPublications of the European Communities, 161 p. Luxembourg.
20. Luijten, J.C., Knapp, E.B., Sanz, S.I., & Jones, J.W. (2003). A role GIS-basedsimulation for empowering local stakeholders in water resources negotiations indeveloping countries: Case studies for two rural hillside watersheds in Honduras andColombia. Water Policy, 5(3), 213-236.
21. Maia, R. (2003). The Iberian Peninsula's shared rivers harmonization of use: APortuguese perspective. Water International 28 (3), 389-397.
22. Marjanovic, P., & Miloradov, M. (1998). Systems view of integrated water qualitymonitoring within the requirements of the new national water policy in South Africa. Water Science and Technology, 38(11), 141-148.
23. MoE (Ministry of the Environment): (1998). Water protection targets to 2005 (Abstractin English). The Finnish Environment, 226, FEI.
24. Nazarov, N., Cook, H.F., & Woodgate G. (2000). Water pollution control in anindependent Ukraine. Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water andEnvironmental Management, 14(2), 117-123.
25. Neal, C., & Heathwaite A.L. (2005). Nutrient mobility within river basins: A Europeanperspective. Journal of Hydrology, 304(1-4), 477-490.
26. Pulliainen, J., Kallio, K., Eloheimo, K., Koponen, S., Servomaa, H., Hannonen, T.,Tauriainen, S. & Hallikainen, M. (2001). A semi-operational approach to water qualityretrival from remote sensing data. The Science of the Total Environment, 268 (1-3), 79-93.
27. Quevauviller, P., Balabanis, P., Fragakis, C., Weydert, M., Oliver, M., Kaschl, A.,Arnold, G., Kroll, A., Galbiati, L., Zaldivar, J.M., & Bidoglio, G. (2005).Science-policy integration needs in support of the implementation of the EU WaterFramework Directive. Environmental Science and Policy, 8(3), 203-211.
28. Varjopuro, R., Sahivirta, E., Makinen, T., & Helminen, H. (2000). Regulation andmonitoring of marine aquaculture in Finland. Journal of Applied Ichtyology, 16(1), 148-156.
29. Vihervuori, P. (1998). Environmental Law - Finland. International Encyclopaediaof Laws, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, London, Boston.
30. WWAP (2003). Water for people, water for life', United Nations World Water DevelopmentReport, UNESCO-WWAP.
31. Zhang, Y., Pulliainen, J., Koponen, S., & Hallikainen, M. (2002a). Application of anempirical neural network to surface water quality estimation in the Gulf of Finlandusing combined optical data and microwave data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 81 (2-3), 327-336.
32. Zhang, Y., Pulliainen, J., Koponen, S., & Hallikainen, M. (2002b). Water qualitystudies of combined optical, thermal infrared, and microwave remote sensing. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 34(4), 281-285.
33. Zhang, Y., Pulliainen, J., Koponen, S., & Hallikainen, M. (2002c). Applicability ofcombined microwave and optical data for surface water quality retrievals. Journalof Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 16 (2), 249-251.
34. Zhang, Y., Pulliainen, J., Koponen, S., & Hallikainen, M. (2002d). Detection of seasurface temperature (SST) using infrared band data of advanced very high resolutionradiometer (AVHRR) in the Gulf of Finland. International Journal of Infrared andMillimeter Waves, 23 (10), 1407-1412.
35. Zhang, Y., Pulliainen, J., Koponen, S., & Hallikainen, M. (2003a). Water qualityretrievals from combined Landsat TM data and ERS-2 SAR data in the Gulf of Finland. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41 (3), 622-629.
36. Zhang, Y., Koponen, S., Pulliainen, J., & Hallikainen, M. (2003b). Application of empirical neural networks to chlorophyll-a estimation in coastal waters usingoptosensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 3(4), 376-382.
37. Zhang, Y., Pulliainen, J., Koponen, S. & Hallikainen, M. (2003c). Empirical algorithms for Secchi disk depth using optical and microwave remote sensing data from the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago. Boreal Environment Research, 8 (3), 251-261.