Dulcinea Avouris, PhD

Dulci focuses on using remote sensing data from satellite and airborne sensors to better understand variability in water quality parameters such as turbidity, organic matter, and chlorophyll. Remote sensing data allows her, along with her collaborators, to investigate these parameters on a landscape -wide scale, and draw connections between environmental hazards such as wildfires and impacts on downstream aquatic ecosystems. Better understanding of both variability of water quality parameters within an aquatic system and connections between terrestrial processes provides actionable information and tools to inform management and policy. Dulci has been using remote sensing as a research tool since 2011 to investigate a variety of hazards, including distribution of mercury in the San Francisco Bay using optical proxies, cyanobacteria & harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie and Florida, and connections between tectonic earthquakes and volcanic degassing. She has expertise in multi- and hyperspectral remote sensing and sensor networks for inland and coastal waters.