Paper Info
Title
Application of the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean to Phytoplankton Ecology Studies in Monterey Bay, CA, USA
Abstract
As a demonstrator for technologies for the next generation of ocean color sensors, the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) provides enhanced spatial and spectral resolution that is required to understand optically complex aquatic environments. In this study we apply HICO, along with satellite remote sensing and in situ observations, to studies of phytoplankton ecology in a dynamic coastal upwelling environment-Monterey Bay, CA, USA. From a spring 2011 study, we examine HICO-detected spatial patterns in phytoplankton optical properties along an environmental gradient defined by upwelling flow patterns and along a temporal gradient of upwelling intensification. From a fall 2011 study, we use HICO's enhanced spatial and spectral resolution to distinguish a small-scale. red tide. bloom, and we examine bloom expansion and its supporting processes using other remote sensing and in situ data. From a spectacular HICO image of the Monterey Bay region acquired during fall of 2012, we present a suite of algorithm results for characterization of phytoplankton, and we examine the strengths, limitations, and distinctions of each algorithm in the context of the enhanced spatial and spectral resolution.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.3390/rs6021007
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
phytoplankton,remote sensing,Monterey Bay,upwelling
Phytoplankton,Ecology,Ocean color,Bloom,Remote sensing,Hyperspectral imaging,Oceanography,Upwelling,Bay,Geology,Spatial ecology,Red tide
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
6
2
2072-4292
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
2.28
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
John P. Ryan1386.22
Curtiss O. Davis24912.03
nicholas tufillaro3122.62
raphael m kudela4184.52
Bo-Cai Gao5279187.18