Retrieval of Oceanic Constituents from Ocean Color Using Simulated Annealing

Abstract

The color of the sea is determined by the contents of the water, especially the concentrations of suspended particulate matter (SPM), phytoplankton pigments such as chlorophyll (CHL) and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM). Reversely, optical sensors that measure the water-leaving reflectance spectra allow us to calculate the desired concentration products. In this paper, a method is introduced that is valid for both case 1 and 2 waters. To this end, model is fitted to reflectance spectra, using simulated annealing for optimizing the mean square of the reflectance over all spectra.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 25, 2005
Accession Number
ADA449853

Entities

People

  • Kevin Ruddick
  • Paul Scheunders
  • Pieter Kempeneers
  • Sindy Sterckx
  • Steve De Backer
  • Walter Debruyn
  • Youngje Park

Organizations

  • University of Antwerp

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Annealing
  • Backscattering
  • Coefficients
  • Data Sets
  • North Sea
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Particles
  • Particulate Matter
  • Phytoplankton
  • Plasmids
  • Reflectance
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Systems Analysis and Design