Title :
Use of Landsat TM data and radiative transfer models for monitoring coral reef bleaching
Author :
Yamano, H. ; Tamura, M.
Author_Institution :
Social & Environ. Syst. Div., Nat. Inst. for Environ. Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
A method for monitoring coral reefs and detecting coral reef bleaching by satellite sensors is developed. The difference in radiance from shallow sand and from corals is examined and compared among multitemporal satellite images. The method is effective for images with clouds which may cause the difference of atmospheric condition and incident light locally. Using this method in historical Landsat TM images, a severe bleaching event in 1998 appears to be detected
Keywords :
biology; monitoring; oceanographic techniques; radiative transfer; remote sensing; AD 1998; Landsat TM data; coral reef bleaching; monitoring; multitemporal satellite images; radiance; radiative transfer models; shallow sand; Bleaching; Clouds; Image sensors; Monitoring; Ocean temperature; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea surface; Symbiosis;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977948
