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Remote Sensing of Aquatic Coastal Ecosystem Processes: Science and Management Applications

Remote Sensing of Aquatic Coastal Ecosystem Processes: Science and Management Applications

Richardson, Laurie L.
Ledrew, Ellsworth F.

Hardcover

Series: Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, Book 9

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental StudiesMarine Life

ISBN10: 1402039670
ISBN13: 9781402039676
Publisher: Springer Pg
Published: Feb 2 2006
Pages: 324
Weight: 1.72
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.45 Depth: 9.62
Language: English

The aquatic coastal zone is one of the most challenging targets for environmental remote sensing. Properties such as bottom reflectance, spectrally diverse suspended sediments and phytoplankton communities, diverse benthic communities, and transient events that affect surface reflectance (coastal blooms, runoff, etc.) all combine to produce an optical complexity not seen in terrestrial or open ocean systems. Despite this complexity, remote sensing is proving to be an invaluable tool for Case 2 waters. This book presents recent advances in coastal remote sensing with an emphasis on applied science and management. Case studies of the operational use of remote sensing in ecosystem studies, monitoring, and interfacing remote sensing/science/management are presented. Spectral signatures of phytoplankton and suspended sediments are discussed in detail with accompanying discussion of why blue water (Case 1) algorithms cannot be applied to Case 2 waters.

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