Title: SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR DATA FOR ALGAL BLOOM MONITORING IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN WATERS
Abstract:Algal blooms occur regularly in many different parts of South East Asia. Some of the bloom species are known to be harmful or even toxic. Besides the health effects, algal blooms can result in economi...Algal blooms occur regularly in many different parts of South East Asia. Some of the bloom species are known to be harmful or even toxic. Besides the health effects, algal blooms can result in economic loss to the fishery industry. Traditional monitoring programmes by in situ point measurements are expensive, time consuming and inadequate since they do not have sufficient spatial and temporal coverage to monitor the complex dynamic phenomena occurring during a red tide episode. Satellite remote sensing measurement of ocean colour provides a complementary tool for red tide monitoring. Currently, ocean color data are available from SeaWiFS on board the Orbview2 satellite and the recently launched MODIS on board the NASA's Terra satellite. Future planned ocean color sensors include the NASDA's ADEOS2-GLI and ESA's ENVISAT-MERIS. With the availability of these ocean color satellites, it is foreseeable that satellite ocean color data will play an increasingly important role in the monitoring of algal blooms. In this paper, we describe the works done in developing algorithms for algal bloom detection and classifications using satellite ocean color data in Southeast Asian waters.Read More
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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