Ana I. Dogliotti holds a bachelor’s degree and a PhD in Biology from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She completed two postdoctoral fellowships in Brazil and Belgium, where she specialized in remote sensing in optically complex waters, working specifically on developing algorithms for atmospheric correction and obtaining biogeophysical variables from satellite images in the turbid waters of the Río de la Plata. She is an independent researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in Argentina and heads the Quantitative Remote Sensing group (Marine Division) at the Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics (IAFE). She has supervised several bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral theses and leads national and international projects in collaboration with colleagues from the European Union. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG) and actively participates in satellite missions on sea color as a member of the Sentinel-3 Validation Team (ESA/EUMETSAT) and the scientific committee of CONAE’s SABIA-Mar (Argentine-Brazilian Satellite for Sea Information) Sea Color Mission.

The LPAR observation station, active since December 2021, is strategically located between a water intake and the commercial port of the city of La Plata, 60 km south of the city of Buenos Aires. Two autonomous radiometers have been installed at the site, one hyperspectral (WATERHYPERNETS) and one multispectral (AERONET-OC), which are performing automatic and systematic measurements, providing essential information for the validation of satellite images and water quality monitoring. In addition, within the framework of the Argentine Marine Observation Network (ROMA), there are plans to install a hydro-meteorological station to measure environmental variables both outside (e.g., wind intensity and direction, humidity, etc.) and inside the water (e.g., turbidity, chlorophyll fluorescence, water temperature, etc.). This presentation shows the capabilities of this coastal station to provide sustained observations over time for long-term satellite validation and water quality monitoring.

The seminar will take place on Friday, December 5^th at 12:00 PM Chile time (3:00 PM UTC) in the Maryam Mirzakhani Room at the Center for Mathematical Modeling, University of Chile (Beauchef 851, North Building, 6th floor). It will also be live-streamed at this link.