Title :
LIDAR detection of plankton in the ocean
Author :
Churnside, James H.
Author_Institution :
NOAA Earth Syst. Res. Lab., Boulder
Abstract :
For a variety of oceanographic applications, airborne LIDAR is very attractive, because of its ability to cover large areas in a short amount of time and at low cost compared with traditional research vessel surveys. One application we have investigated is the detection of plankton in the ocean. We have found that zooplankton layers can be detected, structure within those layers can be tracked, and relative estimates of abundance can be made. This paper describes the NOAA LIDAR and some of the results related to detection of zooplankton in the upper ocean.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; oceanography; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; LIDAR detection; NOAA LIDAR; airborne LIDAR; oceanographic application; plankton detection; zooplankton abundance; zooplankton layer detection; zooplankton structue; Backscatter; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser radar; Marine vegetation; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Optical scattering; Optical transmitters; Sea measurements; Telescopes; LIDAR; oceanography; plankton; zooplankton;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423519
