Improved retrieval of water leaving reflectance and chlorophyll in coastal productive waters.

Title: Improved retrieval of water leaving reflectance and chlorophyll in coastal productive waters.
Identifier: AAI3245087
identifier: 3245087
Creator: Vargas, Marco.
Contributor: Adviser: Barry Gross
Date: 2007
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Engineering, Marine and Ocean
Abstract: It is well known that retrieval of the water leaving signal in coastal waters is qualitatively different than the procedure for open oceans. In particular, the dark pixel assumptions in the typical NIR atmospheric correction channels do not apply due to high concentration of suspended solids and the water constituents no longer covary with CHL. Furthermore, the aerosol models used in the retrieval process must be modified to account for more relevant climatologies in coastal environments. In this thesis, we explore a variety of approaches in order to improve the retrieval of water leaving radiances and how these water leaving radiances can be used to extract biologically meaningful parameters such as CHL.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

Media: Improved retrieval of water leaving reflectance and chlorophyll in coastal productive waters.