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Imaging Spectrometry as a Research Tool for Inland Water Resources Analysis

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Imaging Spectrometry — a Tool for Environmental Observations

Part of the book series: Eurocourses: Remote Sensing ((EURS,volume 4))

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Qualitative and quantitative aspects of optical water quality of inland waters may be determined by remote sensing. The potential of imaging spectrometry for inland waters is discussed following the analytical method where the inherent and apparent optical properties are used to model the reflectance and vice versa. A classification is proposed for describing the contributions to the total absorption spectrum of water and the three main constituents: aquatic humus, photosynthetic pigments and tripton. The relevant literature on airborne spectrometry is discussed. An example is given how photosynthetic algal pigments (i.e. cyanophycocyanin) may be estimated by imaging spectrometry. Absorption spectra of water, aquatic humus and the particulate matter and scattering spectra of 31 inland water samples are presented. Using these inherent optical properties it was possible to compare in situ measured subsurface irradiance reflectance R(0) with the modelled R(0) and with the airborne measured spectra recalculated to R(0).

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  1. Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1115, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Arnold G. Dekker

  2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Delft, P.O. Box 5048, NL 2600, GA Delft, The Netherlands

    Marcel Donze

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Dekker, A.G., Donze, M. (1994). Imaging Spectrometry as a Research Tool for Inland Water Resources Analysis. In: Hill, J., Mégier, J. (eds) Imaging Spectrometry — a Tool for Environmental Observations. Eurocourses: Remote Sensing, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-33173-7_16

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