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Airborne remote sensing of chlorophyll distributions in Mono Lake, California

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Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 162))

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As part of a long-term investigation of seasonal and interannual variations of plankton in Mono Lake (California), we developed a methodology using airborne imaging spectrometry to synoptically measure chlorophyll concentrations. Images of Mono Lake were acquired with NASA’s Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) and were atmospherically corrected by applying a version of the radiative transfer model MODTRAN. Using a predictive equation for calculation of chlorophyll based on a band ratio of remote sensing reflectances (R rs; R rs 490 nm/R rs 550 nm), spatial distributions of chlorophyll throughout the lake were determined; broad east to west gradients in chlorophyll and gyres are evident.

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  1. Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

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  2. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

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  1. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, and Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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  2. Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

    Robert Jellison

  3. Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory, University of California, Mammoth Lakes, USA

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Melack, J.M., Gastil, M. (2001). Airborne remote sensing of chlorophyll distributions in Mono Lake, California. In: Melack, J.M., Jellison, R., Herbst, D.B. (eds) Saline Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 162. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2934-5_3

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