Validation of MODIS FLH Algorithm using Satellite Imagery

Author

Hlaing, S. ; Dyer, R. ; Borrero, J. ; Zhou, J. ; Gilerson, A. ; Gross, B. ; Moshary, F. ; Ahmed, S.

Author_Institution

City Coll., Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Univ. of New York, New York, NY

Volume

4

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

Chlorophyll Fluorescence Line Height [FLH] is analyzed based on the spatial similarity between MODIS [Chl] and FLH maps. FLH and [Chl] data of areas with high degree of spatial similarity were extracted from the whole scene and compared with the simple theoretical model of the expected variations of fluorescence magnitude with variations in chlorophyll concentration, absorption of non-algal particles, photosynthetically available radiation as well as solar zenith and viewing angles. Extracted data show good agreement with the model. Based on the model and satellite FLH data, fluorescence quantum yield is estimated.

Keywords

feature extraction; geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; image processing; oceanography; remote sensing; Chlorophyll Fluorescence Line Height; MODIS FLH algorithm; chlorophyll concentration; fluorescence magnitude variations; fluorescence quantum yield; nonalgal particles absorption; photosynthetically available radiation; satellite imagery; sensor viewing angle; solar zenith angle; Algorithm design and analysis; Data mining; Fluorescence; Image analysis; MODIS; Optical sensors; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Water; Chlorophyll; FLH; MODIS; remote sensing; satellite imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779874

Filename

4779874