AVIRIS calibration and application in coastal oceanic environments - Tracers of soluble and particulate constituents of the Tampa Bay coastal plume

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; (United States)

OSTI ID:6452091

Carder, K L; Steward, R G; Chen, R F; Hawes, S; Lee, Z; Davis, C O ^[1]

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1. Marine Spill Response Corp., Washington, DC (United States) Michigan Environmental Research Inst., Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

AVIRIS is a testbed for future spacecraft sensors (such as HIRIS and MODIS) planned for the Earth Observing System. Model-derived absorption coefficients at 415 nm, a(415), and back-scattering coefficients at 671 nm, b[sub b] (671) for Tampa Bay waters were used to create images from AVIRIS data of the dissolved component of a(415) due to gelbstoff, a[sub g] (415), and salinity. Images of a[sub g] (415), salinity, and b[sub b] (671) were used to depict the distribution of dissolved and particulate constituents, respectively, for Tampa Bay plume during late, ebb-tidal conditions. Salinity covaried with a[sub g] (415), which provided a means of mapping salinity from the a[sub g] (415) imagery. The concentration of suspended particles, as inferred from b[sub g] (671), was extremely variable in the shallow regions where waves and currents interacted. Pollutants covarying with fresh water or suspended sediments can be mapped from a[sub g] (415) and b[sub b] (671) images, respectively. 22 refs.

• Research Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6452091
• Journal Information: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; (United States), Journal Name: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; (United States) Vol. 59:3; ISSN PERSDV; ISSN 0099-1112
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ABSORPTIVITY
AERIAL MONITORING
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BACKSCATTERING
CALIBRATION
COASTAL REGIONS
EARTH PLANET
ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEMS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLANETS
REMOTE SENSING
SCATTERING
SEDIMENTS
SHORES
SPECTROMETERS
TEST FACILITIES