Florida Environmental Research Institute

The Florida Environmental Research Institute (FERI) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, research and education organization[1] located in Tampa, Florida. Founded in 1998, FERI’s initial client was the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Naval Research (ONR).[2] It was ONR's funding that allowed for the development of the tools to rapidly assess the coastal ocean environment utilizing cutting edge environmental mapping and monitoring techniques, specifically hyperspectral remote sensing.[3] Currently, FERI is responsible for a wide range of tasks spanning from the construction and aerial deployment[4] of several digital sensor systems to the analysis of the data generated by these systems to produce informative and functional maps of U.S. coastal regions.

Florida Environmental Research Institute (FERI)
TypeNot-for-profit Research Institute
Founded1998
FounderW. Paul Bissett
Headquarters
Tampa, FL
,
USA
WebsiteFERI's Home Page

In 2003 the institute received part of a $4.2 million National Science Foundation grant for a study of pollution in the Hudson River.[5]

In the Fall of 2006, FERI spun off a for profit project focused on the development of an online mapping portal called WeoGeo.

References
  1. Mullins, Richard (8 February 2008). "Trading The World At A Price". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  2. Trees, Charles C.; Bissett, Paul W.; Dierssen, Heidi; Kohler,David D. R.; Moline,Mark A.; Mueller,James L.; Pieper,Richard E.; Twardowski,Michael S.; Zaneveld, J. Ronald V. (2005). Deweert, Michael J; Saito, Theodore T (eds.). "Monitoring Water Transparency and Diver Visibility in Ports and Harbors Using Aircraft Hyperspectral Remote Sensing" (PDF). Proceedings of SPIE. Photonics for Port and Harbor Security. 5780: 91–98. Bibcode:2005SPIE.5780...91T. doi:10.1117/12.607554. S2CID 29183417. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  3. Sandor-Leahy, Stephanie R. (2007-01-17). "Coastal waters imaging: instrument and data utility issues". American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  4. "Scientists Hope View From The Sky Is Telling". Monterey County Herald. 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  5. Bates, Todd B. (2003-12-05). "Researchers to track Hudson River pollution into Atlantic". USA Today. Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
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