Secchi disk depth: A new theory and mechanistic model for underwater visibility

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 169, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-149

  Lee, ZhongPing ^a   Shang, Shaoling ^b   Hu, Chuanmin ^c   Du, Keping ^d   Weidemann, Alan ^e   Hou, Weilin ^e   Lin, Junfang ^a   Lin, Gong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam attenuation coefficient; Diffuse attenuation coefficient; Remote sensing; Secchi disk depth; Visibility theory; Water transparency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; TRACKING (POSITION); TRANSPARENCY; VISIBILITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BEAM ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MECHANISTIC MODELING; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SECCHI DISK DEPTH; WATER TRANSPARENCY;

UNDERWATER VISIBILITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VISIBILITY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84939787336     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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