Post by Deelaram Nangir

📰 I am pleased to share that our latest paper has now been published in #Marine_Pollution_Bulletin. "Monitoring Network Design Limits Detection of Sediment-Mediated Contaminant Mobilisation in the River Mersey Estuary (UK)" This study started with a simple question: if sediment plays such an important role in contaminant transport within estuaries, are our monitoring networks actually collecting the right information at the right time to detect it? Using more than 44,000 observations from 42 monitoring stations across the #River Mersey estuary, we explored how monitoring design, temporal alignment, and environmental variability influence our ability to understand sediment-mediated contaminant mobilisation. The findings suggest that the challenge is not always a lack of data, but often how and when different variables are monitored together. The paper also builds on my previous work on satellite-based water-quality monitoring and has sparked some interesting discussions around environmental digital twins, machine learning, and decision-support tools for estuarine management. A big thank you to my supervisors, Dr Manolia Andredaki and Dr Iacopo Carnacina, for their support, guidance, and many helpful discussions throughout the project. 🖇️ Paper link: https://lnkd.in/ekxz3gHe #MarinePollutionBulletin #WaterQuality #Estuaries #MachineLearning #EnvironmentalMonitoring #RemoteSensing #DigitalTwin #WaterResearch #LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity #Elsevier #RiverMersey