Remote estimation of chl-a concentration in turbid productive waters - Return to a simple two-band NIR-red model?

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3479-3490

  Gurlin, Daniela ^a   Gitelson, Anatoly A ^a   Moses, Wesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chl a; Estimation; MERIS; MODIS; Remote; Water

Indexed keywords

CHL-A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; COASTAL WATERS; COMPLEX MODEL; DATA SETS; HIGH POTENTIAL; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MERIS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; REMOTE; REMOTE ESTIMATION; SPECTRAL BAND; THREE MODELS; TROPHIC STATE; TWO-BAND MODEL;

ESTIMATION; EUTROPHICATION; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CHLOROPHYLL;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUTROPHICATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MERIS; MODIS; NEAR INFRARED; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STATUS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 81355127620     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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