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Shallow Water Bathymetry of Singapore’s Highly Turbid Coastal Waters: A Comparative Approach. James F. Bramante, Durairaju Kumaran Raju, Sin Tsai Min Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore. Purpose. Determine effectiveness of multispectral algorithms in Singapore
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Shallow Water Bathymetry of Singapore’s Highly Turbid Coastal Waters: A Comparative Approach James F. Bramante, Durairaju Kumaran Raju, Sin Tsai Min Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore
Purpose • Determine effectiveness of multispectral algorithms in Singapore • Determine how extra 4 bands may help • Develop high resolution shallow-water bathymetric map • Coral/Benthic Surveys • Interface into more complicated IOP models • Determine possible new benthic habitats
Study Area (cont.) Marine Environment Wild Singapore Pulau Hantu Seagrass-watch
Obstacles • High turbidity • Sediment plumes • Few bathymetric data points in shallow waters
Obstacles (cont.) • High shipping traffic • Abundant clouds • Mixed aerosols from city and ocean
Atmospheric Correction • Stock image (no concurrent field measurements) • Access to atmospheric information limited • Clear boundaries for cloud, shadowed, and deep ocean pixels
Atmospheric Correction (cont.) • Cloud-shadow empirical algorithm • Reinersman et al. (1998) and Lee et al. (2005) Fig. 1 taken from Reinersman et al. (1998)
Atmospheric Correction (cont.) • General Equation: • Cloud-Shadow Eq: • Assumptions: • Lee et al. simplification:
Atmospheric Correction (cont.) • Path radiance: • Reflectance: • Water-air boundary correction:
Atmospheric Correction (cont.) Band 2 (Blue) Average Radiance Band 2 Atmospherically Corrected Reflectance
Bathymetry Algorithms • LUT Classification • Linear Ratio Algorithm (Stumpf et al. 2003) • Linear Band Algorithm (Lyzenga et al. 2006) • Compared results using conventional 4 bands and Worldview-2’s 8 bands
Bathymetry Algorithms (cont.) • LUT Classification • LUT Library n = 53 for 0 < depth ≤ 2 m • Least squares comparison • Attempted ratio classification 8-band 4-band
Bathymetry Algorithms (cont.) • Linear Ratio • Based off of Beer’s law: • Stumpf et al. 2003 :
Bathymetry Algorithms (cont.) • Linear Band • Lyzenga et al. 2006 : • Non-real results when LWCj > Lj
Results Lyzenga et al. Algorithm Band Classification
Results (cont.) Lyzenga et al. Algorithm Band Classification
Conclusions • With more validation, Lyzenga et al. model and band classifications may prove useful in turbid waters • Assumed relationship between band absorption and depth must be re-examined in extremely turbid waters
Further Investigations • Evaluated cloud-shadow atmospheric correction model against RT Model; former was validated and did not affect results much • Attempting to use water-column index to adjust for water mass variation in Lyzenga algorithm • Using spectroradiometer to modify semi-analytical models for Singapore