research institute feri type not for profit research institute founded 1998 founder w. paul bissett headquarters tampa fl usa website feri s home page 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 . 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 edit trading the world at a price . the tampa tribune . 2008 02 08 . retrieved 2008 03 07 . 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 . monitoring water transparency and diver visibility in ports and harbors using aircraft hyperspectral remote sensing pdf . proceedings of spie . 5780 91 98 . doi 10.1117 12.607554 . retrieved 2008 03 07 . sandor leahy stephanie r. 2007 01 17 . coastal waters imaging instrument and data utility issues . american meteorological society . retrieved 2008 03 07 . scientists hope view from the sky is telling . monterey county herald . 2004 11 02 . retrieved 2008 03 07 . bates todd b. ; park asbury 2003 12 05 . researchers to track hudson river pollution into atlantic . usa today . retrieved 2008 03 07 . external links edit feri official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title florida environmental research institute & oldid 679465801 categories research institutes in the united statesremote sensing institutesgeographical technologybuildings and structures in tampa floridaenvironmental research institutes1998 establishments in florida navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 september 2015 at 18 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view