| Autor: |
Eliza S. Deutsch, Jeffrey A. Cardille, Talia Koll-Egyed, Marie-Josée Fortin |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Remote Sensing, Vol 13, Iss 7, p 1257 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2072-4292 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/rs13071257 |
| Popis: |
Water clarity has been extensively assessed in Landsat-based remote sensing studies of inland waters, regularly relying on locally calibrated empirical algorithms, and close temporal matching between field data and satellite overpass. As more satellite data and faster data processing systems become readily accessible, new opportunities are emerging to revisit traditional assumptions concerning empirical calibration methodologies. Using Landsat 8 images with large water clarity datasets from southern Canada, we assess: (1) whether clear regional differences in water clarity algorithm coefficients exist and (2) whether model fit can be improved by expanding temporal matching windows. We found that a single global algorithm effectively represents the empirical relationship between in situ Secchi disk depth (SDD) and the Landsat 8 Blue/Red band ratio across diverse lake types in Canada. We also found that the model fit improved significantly when applying a median filter on data from ever-wider time windows between the date of in situ SDD sample and the date of satellite overpass. The median filter effectively removed the outliers that were likely caused by atmospheric artifacts in the available imagery. Our findings open new discussions on the ability of large datasets and temporal averaging methods to better elucidate the true relationships between in situ water clarity and satellite reflectance data. |
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