Title :
Monitoring environmental conditions in Muuga harbor using Envisat MERIS and ASAR data
Author :
Sipelgas, Liis ; Uiboupin, Rivo ; Raudsepp, Urmas
Author_Institution :
Marine Syst. Inst., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia
Abstract :
Environmental conditions were monitored using in situ measured inherent optical properties and water sampling together with remote sensing imagery (MERIS and ASAR) in Muuga Bay, Baltic Sea. Simultaneous monitoring using different methodologies gave detailed overview of suspended matter (SPM) load into the water column during the dredging operations. MERIS FRS data enabled to receive the distribution of SPM on water surface. The measurements of inherent optical properties reviled the particle concentration on vertical scale. Backscattering from the ASAR data was in correlation with oil products determined from water samples when ballast water discharge was detected during field sampling.
Keywords :
backscatter; environmental management; marine pollution; oceanographic regions; oil pollution; remote sensing by radar; suspensions; water quality; ASAR data; Baltic Sea; Envisat; MERIS; Muuga Bay; Muuga harbor; backscattering; ballast water discharge; dredging operations; environmental conditions monitoring; field sampling; inherent optical properties; oil products; particle concentration; remote sensing imagery; suspended matter load; water sampling; Decision support systems; MERIS; inherent optical properties; suspended matter;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652734
