Marine biogeochemical patch recognition with MODIS

Author

Szekielda, K.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geogr., City Univ. of New York, NY, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

2005

Firstpage

80

Abstract

Water-leaving spectral signatures were used in the spectral regions where chlorophyll has its first and second absorption bands in order to recognize biogeochemical provinces in the pelagic and coastal ocean. The global data set for MODIS used in this study data has a 4.89-km pixel resolution that is mapped on a cylindrical equidistant map projection. The data presented are based on an interpretation of the ratios R443/R551 and R678/R667 that use the spectral region of the two absorption bands of chlorophyll, the fluorescence of chlorophyll at 678 nm und the hinge point at 551 nm. Examples have been presented for eutrophic and oligotrophic oceanic regions.

Keywords

artificial satellites; fluorescence; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; remote sensing; 551 nm; 678 nm; MODIS; absorption band; chlorophyll; coastal ocean; cylindrical equidistant map projection; eutrophic oceanic region; fluorescence; marine biogeochemical patch recognition; oligotrophic oceanic region; pelagic ocean; water-leaving spectral signature; Absorption; Fluorescence; MODIS; Oceans; Organic compounds; Pigments; Production; Reflectivity; Satellites; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2005. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-933957-34-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2005.1639741

Filename

1639741