Radiative transfer model for satellite remote sensing of ocean color in coastal zones

Hiroshi Kobayashi; Sachio Ohta; Naoto Murao; Harukuni Tachibana; Sadamu Yamagata

doi:10.1117/12.411675

5 January 2001 Radiative transfer model for satellite remote sensing of ocean color in coastal zones

Hiroshi Kobayashi, Sachio Ohta, Naoto Murao, Harukuni Tachibana, Sadamu Yamagata

Proceedings Volume 4154, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of the Ocean; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.411675
Event: Second International Asia-Pacific Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Environment, and Space, 2000, Sendai, Japan

Abstract

A radiative transfer model for a coupled atmosphere-ocean system was developed for satellite remote sensing of costal pollution to estimate water-leaving radiance from polluted sea surfaces. The optical properties of suspended substances in the ocean such as phytoplankton (Skeletonema costatum and Heterosigma akashiwo), detritus, submicron particles, and inorganic particles were measured or estimated. The equation of radiative transfer in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system was solved by using the invariance imbedding method. The water-leaving radiance in clear and Case II waters, turbid waters with soil particles, and red tide waters, were calculated. It was possible to estimate the soil particle concentration of water by using the ratio of the upward radiance at different wavelengths with a high resolution sensor for the land like the Landsat TM. However, estimating the red tide phytoplankton concentration using Landsat TM was difficult, because the water-leaving radiance varies little with phytoplankton concentration, and is affected by assumed amounts of detritus.

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Hiroshi Kobayashi, Sachio Ohta, Naoto Murao, Harukuni Tachibana, and Sadamu Yamagata "Radiative transfer model for satellite remote sensing of ocean color in coastal zones", Proc. SPIE 4154, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of the Ocean, (5 January 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.411675

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