Table 1.
Summary of the operational status (column 2) of coastal ecosystem
indicators for use with remotely sensed data. Additional columns
detail the
remotely sensed data (column 3) required and a suitable image processing
technique (column 4).
Indicator Status of RS
Estimates
Spectral Resolution
Spatial Resolution Type of Analysis
Reference
Water Quality -
Concentrations
TSM/Tripton
Chla CDOM
Feasible Feasible Feasible (clear/turbid)
Multispectral Hyperspectral
(high, med,low)
High, medium, low
Analytic/ radiative transfer models
(Dekker et al., 2001b)
Algal blooms Operational
(clear water)
Multispectral Hyperspectral
(high, med,low)
High, medium, low Image classification
Analytic/ radiative transfer models
Toxic chemical spills Feasible
Multispectral Hyperspectral
(high, med,low)
Depth Feasible
(clear water)
Operational
(clear water)
Multispectral Hyperspectral
(high, med)
Airborne LADS
High, medium Analytic/ radiative transfer models
Ratio of Ln transformed data
(Green et al., 2000; Stumpf, 2003)
Substrate Type
Estuary
Operational
(clear water)
Multispectral Hyperspectral
(high, med)
High, medium Image classification
Analytic/ radiative transfer models
(Stumpf, 2003)
Substrate Type
Coral Reefs
Operational
(clear water)
Multispectral Hyperspectral
(high, med)
High, medium Image classification Analytic/ radiative transfer models
(Green et al., 2000; Joyce et al., in press; Palandro et al., 2003b; Palandro et al., 2003c)
Substrate type
Rock platforms
Feasible
(clear water)
Multispectral Hyperspectral
(high)
High Image
classification Analytic/ radiative transfer models
SAV Density Feasible
(clear water)
Multispectral Hyperspectral
(high, med)
High, medium Image classification Analytic/ radiative transfer models
(Green et al., 2000)
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