Mailing and Contact Information: 306 Howe-Russell Geosciences Building Coastal Studies Institute Department of Oceanography and Coastal Science Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA -70803 Tel:225-578-0212 Fax:225-578-2520 E-mail: ejdsa@lsu.edu	Eurico J. D’Sa Assistant Professor

Education:

Ph.D., Marine Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, 1996


M.S., Electrical Engg., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1990

Grants:

• 2007-2010 NASA - A Gulf-Coast Monitoring and Hazards Decision Support Tool – Enhancements using NASA Earth Science Products, Data and Models (PI E.J. D’Sa, Co-PIs G. Stone, N. Walker, D. Braud, (LSU) and D. Ko (NRL)


• 2007-2010 NASA/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (International Polar Year Program)– Spatial and Temporal Variability in Chlorophyll, Primary Production and Carbon Export in the Bering Sea Linked to Climate Change (PI-LSU E.J. D’Sa, PI-Bigelow Lab J. Goes, Co-PIs H. Gomes, S. Saitoh)


• 2006-2009 Minerals Management Service – Long Term Trends in Environmental Parameters along the Louisiana/Mississippi Outer Continental Shelf Using Ocean Color Remote Sensing (PI E.J. D’Sa)


• 2006-2007 NSF-PilotFund – Variability and Optical Characterization of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter Along the Louisiana Coast (PI E.J. D’Sa)


• 2005-2006 NASA-EPSCoR (Louisiana Board of Regents) – A study of CDOM (Colored Dissolved Organic Matter Dynamics in the Mississippi River Bight Using NASA Remote Sensing Data (PI E.J. D’Sa)


• 2005-2006 NSF – Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Lake Pontchartrain Ecosystem- Geochemistry, Microbiology, and Potential Human Health Effects (PI A. Hou, Co-PIs C. Li, E. D’Sa, N. Walker, E. Laws

Recent Publications:

1. D’Sa, E. J. 2008. Colored dissolved organic matter in coastal waters influenced by the Atchafalaya River, USA: effects of an algal bloom. 2, 023502, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, doi:10.1117/1.2838253.


2. D’Sa, E. J., R. L. Miller, and B. A. McKee. 2007. Suspended particulate matter dynamics in coastal waters from ocean color: Applications to the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L23611, doi:10.1029/2007GL031192.


3. D’Sa, E. J., R. L. Miller, and C. Del Castillo. 2006. Bio-optical properties and ocean color algorithms for coastal waters influenced by the Mississippi River during a cold front. Applied Optics, 45, 7410 - 7428.


4. Liu, C.-C., R. L. Miller, K. L. Carder, Z. Lee, E. J. D’Sa, and J. E. Ivey. 2006. Estimating the underwater light field from remote sensing ocean color. Journal of Oceanography, 62, 235-248.


5. D’Sa, E. J., and R. L. Miller. 2005. A study on the bio-optical properties of coastal waters. In: Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments. R. L. Miller, C. E. Del Castillo and B. A. McKee [Eds.] Springer, pp. 129-155.


6. Miller, R. L., B. McKee, and E. J. D’Sa. 2005. Monitoring bottom sediment resuspension and suspended sediments in shallow coastal waters. In: Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments. R. L. Miller, C. E. Del Castillo and B. A. McKee [Eds.] Springer, pp. 259-276.


7. D’Sa, E. J., and R. L. Miller. 2003. Bio-optical properties in waters influenced by the Mississippi River during low flow conditions. Remote Sensing of Environment, 84, 538-549.


8. D’Sa, E. J., C. Hu, F. E. Muller-Karger, and K. L. Carder. 2002. Estimation of colored dissolved organic matter and salinity fields in case 2 waters using SeaWiFS: Examples from Florida Bay and Florida Shelf. Earth and Planetary Sciences, 106(3), 197-207.


9. D’Sa, E. J., and R. G. Steward. 2001. Liquid capillary waveguide application in absorbance spectroscopy. Limnology and Oceanography, 46, 742-745.


10. D’Sa, E. J., S. E. Lohrenz, J. H. Churchill, J. Largier, V. L. Asper, and A. J. Williams. 2001. Chloropigment distribution and transport on the inner shelf off Duck, North Carolina. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 11,581-11,596.