TY - JOUR
T1 - Proximal sensing of coral features
T2 - Spectral characterization of Siderastrea siderea
AU - Rundquist, Donald
AU - Gitelson, Anatoly
AU - Lawson, Merlin
AU - Keydan, Galina
AU - Leavitt, Bryan
AU - Perk, Richard
AU - Keck, Jennifer
AU - Mishra, Deepek R.
AU - Narumalani, Sunil
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Remote sensing has been suggested as a potential tool for monitoring coral-reef ecosystems. However, before remote sensing can be viewed as a practical monitoring and diagnostic tool for entire coral communities, there is a need to understand the spectral responses from individual coral species. Toward that end, it seems important to not only establish the range of natural variability in spectral reflectance but also to develop procedures to enhance understanding of the spectra. This paper describes our data collection approach as well as a procedure for examining the spectral features associated with one species of coral (Siderastrea siderea). The paper also examines the spectral variability in reflectance within samples of the same species and suggests a procedure for highlighting the spectral positions of absorbers/pigments, thus yielding useful information about pigment composition in one coral species.
AB - Remote sensing has been suggested as a potential tool for monitoring coral-reef ecosystems. However, before remote sensing can be viewed as a practical monitoring and diagnostic tool for entire coral communities, there is a need to understand the spectral responses from individual coral species. Toward that end, it seems important to not only establish the range of natural variability in spectral reflectance but also to develop procedures to enhance understanding of the spectra. This paper describes our data collection approach as well as a procedure for examining the spectral features associated with one species of coral (Siderastrea siderea). The paper also examines the spectral variability in reflectance within samples of the same species and suggests a procedure for highlighting the spectral positions of absorbers/pigments, thus yielding useful information about pigment composition in one coral species.
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U2 - 10.2747/1548-1603.46.2.139
DO - 10.2747/1548-1603.46.2.139
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70049095466
SN - 1548-1603
VL - 46
SP - 139
EP - 160
JO - GIScience and Remote Sensing
JF - GIScience and Remote Sensing
IS - 2
ER -