A novel algorithm to estimate algal bloom coverage to subpixel resolution in Lake Taihu

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3060-3068

  Zhang, Yuchao ^a   Ma, Ronghua ^a   Duan, Hongtao ^a   Loiselle, Steven A ^b   Xu, Jinduo ^a   Ma, Mengxiao ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algae pixel growing algorithm (APA); algal blooms; floating algae index (FAI); Landsat; linear unmixing decomposition; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGAL BLOOMS; FLOATING ALGAE INDEX (FAI); LANDSAT; LINEAR UNMIXING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGAE;

EID: 84906950675     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2327076     Document Type: Article

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