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Satellite Remote Sensing of Lake Skadar/Shkodra

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The Skadar/Shkodra Lake Environment

Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry ((HEC,volume 80))

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In this chapter, we show capabilities of satellite remote sensing for environmental monitoring of Lake Skadar/Shkodra. A small size of the lake requires usage of high-resolution satellite optical, infrared, and radar data from the ETM+ Landsat-7, OLI and TIRS Landsat-8, MSI Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, and other space platforms with spatial resolution of 1–30 m, which is demonstrated in the chapter. Most of high-resolution satellite data are very expensive; this is why we focused on those data, which are available free of charge. Examples of processed satellite imagery of Lake Skadar/Shkodra in true color, sea surface temperature, water turbidity, chlorophyll-a concentration, and lake surface roughness are presented. Establishing of permanent integrated satellite monitoring of the lake is a key task in order to better understand the Lake Skadar/Shkodra environment and ecosystem, as well as transboundary processes characteristic for the lake.

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Acknowledgments

The research was partially supported in the framework of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS budgetary financing (Project N 149-2018-0003).

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  1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Andrey G. Kostianoy, Dmitry M. Soloviev, Evgeniia A. Kostianaia & Alexander M. Sirota

  2. S.Yu. Witte Moscow University, Moscow, Russia

    Andrey G. Kostianoy

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Montenegro Department of Biology, Podgorica, Montenegro

    Vladimir Pešić

  2. Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts , Podgorica, Montenegro

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  3. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanolology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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Kostianoy, A.G., Soloviev, D.M., Kostianaia, E.A., Sirota, A.M. (2018). Satellite Remote Sensing of Lake Skadar/Shkodra. In: Pešić, V., Karaman, G., Kostianoy, A. (eds) The Skadar/Shkodra Lake Environment. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 80. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2018_308

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