Hyperspectral differentiation of phytoplankton taxonomic groups: A comparison between using remote sensing reflectance and absorption spectra

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14781-14805

  Xi, Hongyan ^a,b   Hieronymi, Martin ^a   Röttgers, Rüdiger ^a   Krasemann, Hajo ^a   Qiu, Zhongfeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption; Derivative analysis; EnMAP; Phytoplankton taxonomic groups; QAA; Remote sensing reflectance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

DERIVATIVE ANALYSIS; ENMAP; QAA; REMOTE-SENSING REFLECTANCE; TAXONOMIC GROUPS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84950119768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71114781     Document Type: Article

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