Table 1.2
Table linking remote sensing instruments and coral reef biophysical properties, listing the feasibility and processing approaches used to derive
the products from the different input data types
Film photography
Digital photography
Multispectral imaging
Hyperspectral imaging
Reef/non-reef
Operational
Operational
Operational
Operational
Manual interpretation
Manual interpretation
Per-pixel classification
Per-pixel classification
Per-pixel classification
Object based mapping
Object based mapping
Object based mapping
Reef type
Operational
Operational
Operational
Operational
Manual interpretation
Manual interpretation
Per-pixel classification
Per-pixel classification
Per-pixel classification
Object based mapping
Object based mapping
Object based mapping
Reef composition
(e.g., geomorphic zones, benthic communities)
Operational
Operational
Operational
Operational
Manual interpretation
Manual interpretation
Per-pixel classification
Per-pixel classification
Per-pixel classification
Object based mapping
Object based mapping
Object based mapping
Sub-pixel analysis
Patterns of reef composition
Operational
Operational
Operational
Operational
Manual interpretation
Manual interpretation
Per-pixel classification
Per-pixel classification
Per-pixel classification
Object based mapping
Object based mapping
Object based mapping
Bathymetry and derived variables
Not operational
Operational
Operational
Operational
Empirical
Empirical
Empirical
Semi-analytic
Semi-analytic
Semi-analytic
Analytic
Analytic
Analytic
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