Environmental decision-support tools often fail to be effectively applied in society because tools are “use-inspired” rather than “user-ready.” Stakeholder engagement by researchers is frequently the missing, critical component. Here, university researchers collaborated with the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) in developing a cloud-based, satellite remote sensing tool for monitoring suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in major Bangladesh rivers. Bangladesh faces complex river erosion and sediment management challenges. The tool helps to overcome BWDB's constraints of limited resources and ground-based monitoring capacity. The tool maps estimated SSC over satellite images and provides long-term estimated SSC time series at user-designated points. The key elements of success in the engagement process were the partnership and trust between the researchers and stakeholder; stakeholder leadership and ownership; diversity of stakeholder roles engaged; researcher's understanding of the stakeholder, problem, and context; and open-source, easy-to-use tool. Weaknesses in the engagement process can be improved on in future work.

环境决策支持工具通常无法在社会中有效应用，因为这些工具是“使用启发性”的，而不是“用户就绪的”。研究人员的利益相关者参与通常是缺少的关键组成部分。在这里，大学研究人员与孟加拉国水利发展局（BWDB）合作开发了一种基于云的卫星遥感工具，用于监测孟加拉国主要河流中的悬浮物浓度（SSC）。孟加拉国面临着复杂的河流侵蚀和沉积物管理挑战。该工具有助于克服BWDB有限的资源和地面监控能力的限制。该工具将估算的SSC映射到卫星图像上，并在用户指定的点提供长期的SSC时间序列。参与过程成功的关键要素是研究人员和利益相关者之间的伙伴关系和信任；利益相关者的领导和所有权；利益相关者角色的多样性；研究者对利益相关者，问题和背景的理解；和开源，易于使用的工具。参与过程中的弱点可以在以后的工作中得到改善。