Dynamically identifying and tracking contaminants in water bodies

Abstract

We present an overview of an ongoing project to build a DDDAS for identifying and tracking chemicals in water. The project involves a new class of intelligent sensor, building a library to optically identify molecules, communication techniques for moving objects, and a problem solving environment. We are developing an innovative environment so that we can create a symbiotic relationship between computational models for contaminant identification and tracking in water bodies and a new instrument, the Solid-State Spectral Imager (SSSI), to gather hydrological and geological data and to perform chemical analyses. The SSSI is both small and light and can scan ranges of up to about 10 meters. It can easily be used with remote sensing applications. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.