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Determination of the Downwelling Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient of Lake Water with the Sentinel-3A OLCI. |
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The Ocean and Land Color Imager (OLCI) on the Sentinel-3A satellite, which was launched by the European Space Agency in 2016, is a new-generation water color sensor with a spatial resolution of 300 m and 21 bands in the range of 400-1020 nm. The OLCI is important to the expansion of remote sensing monitoring of inland waters using water color satellite data. In this study, we developed a dual band ratio algorithm for the downwelling diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm (K-d(490)) for the waters of Lake Taihu, a large shallow lake in China, based on data measured during seven surveys conducted between 2008 and 2017 in combination with Sentinel-3A-OLCI data. The results show that: (1) Compared to the available K-d(490) estimation algorithms, the dual band ratio (681 nm/560 nm and 754 nm/560 nm) algorithm developed in this study had a higher estimation accuracy (N = 26, coefficient of determination (R-2) = 0.81, root-mean-square error (RMSE) = 0.99 m(-1) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) = 19.55%) and validation accuracy (N = 14, R-2 = 0.83, RMSE = 1.06 m(-1) and MAPE = 27.30%), making it more suitable for turbid inland waters; (2) A comparison of the OLCI K-d(490) product and a similar Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) product reveals a high consistency between the OLCI and MODIS products in terms of the spatial distribution of K-d(490). However, the OLCI product has a smoother spatial distribution and finer textural characteristics than the MODIS product and contains notably higher-quality data; (3) The K-d(490) values for Lake Taihu exhibit notable spatial and temporal variations. K-d(490) is higher in seasons with relatively high wind speeds and in open waters that are prone to wind- and wave-induced sediment resuspension. Finally, the Sentinel-3A-OLCI has a higher spatial resolution and is equipped with a relatively wide dynamic range of spectral bands suitable for inland waters. The Sentinel-3B satellite will be launched soon and, together with the Sentinel-3A satellite, will form a two-satellite network with the ability to make observations twice every three days. This satellite network will have a wider range of application and play an important role in the monitoring of inland waters with complex optical properties. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2017 | 10.3390/rs9121246 | REMOTE SENSING |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
diffuse attenuation coefficient,Sentinel-3A OLCI,Lake Taihu,remote sensing | Satellite,Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer,Wind speed,Remote sensing,Coefficient of determination,Downwelling,Spectral bands,Geology,Image resolution,Spatial distribution | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
9 | 12 | 2072-4292 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
6 | 0.77 | 5 |
Authors | ||
6 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Ming Shen | 1 | 14 | 3.19 |
Hongtao Duan | 2 | 66 | 14.83 |
Zhigang Cao | 3 | 1083 | 123.08 |
Kun Xue | 4 | 13 | 3.87 |
Steven A. Loiselle | 5 | 37 | 8.28 |
Hervé Yésou | 6 | 6 | 0.77 |