Estimating suspended sediment concentrations in turbid coastal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel with SeaWiFS
Estimating suspended sediment concentrations in turbid coastal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel with SeaWiFS
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DOI:
10.1080/01431160310001619535
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发表时间:
2004-05
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
J. Warrick;L. Mertes;D. Siegel;C. Mackenzie
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作者:
J. Warrick;L. Mertes;D. Siegel;C. Mackenzie
A technique is presented for estimating suspended sediment concentrations of turbid coastal waters with remotely sensed multi-spectral data. The method improves upon many standard techniques, since it incorporates analyses of multiple wavelength bands (four for Sea-viewing Wide Field of view Sensor (SeaWiFS)) and a nonlinear calibration, which produce highly accurate results (expected errors are approximately ±10%). Further, potential errors produced by erroneous atmospheric calibration in excessively turbid waters and influences of dissolved organic materials, chlorophyll pigments and atmospheric aerosols are limited by a dark pixel subtraction and removal of the violet to blue wavelength bands. Results are presented for the Santa Barbara Channel, California where suspended sediment concentrations ranged from 0–200+ mg l−1 (±20 mg l−1) immediately after large river runoff events. The largest plumes were observed 10–30 km off the coast and occurred immediately following large El Niño winter floods.