Impiego di dati MODIS in supporto alla valutazione del rischio associato a microrganismi patogeni in ambiente acquatico

We show the first results of a study aimed to set simplified procedures and methodologies to use MODIS data and derived products for activities of sea water control and monitoring. The research is carried out in the framework of a project supported by the Ministry for Health, concerning the development of criteria to evaluate the environmental and sanitary risk due to pathogenic micro-organisms in water environment. The remote sensing team acts in support of the biologic research teams that study the environmental conditions that favour the development and growth of such micro-organisms. MODIS data are selected, downloaded, organized in an easy-to-read format and analyzed by integrating with measurements performed by the other teams, in a georeferenced data-base. The goal of this study is to make the great information content of MODIS data available for operational use, providing public organizations in charge of environmental risk management with an operative tool, easy to use and at low cost, to support conventional techniques.