Use of multispectral space images for the study of the ecological status of the Black Sea north-west part

1Kushnir, VM, 2Stanichny, SV, 3Churilova, TYa.
1Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
2Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sevastopol, AR Crimea, Ukraine
3O.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of Southern Seas of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2007, 13 ;(Supplement1):022-025
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2007.01s.022
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
We consider the method for the determination of the colour index It (λ1, λ2) the wave lengths λ1 = 469 nm and λ2 = 555 nm from the data of the water leaving radiation obtained with the use of the colour space scanner MODIS/TERRA. The information on the colour index is used to calculate spatial distributions of the chlorophyll-a concentration, sea water colour and its transparency. The spatial structure and values of the chlorophyll-a concentration from the data of remote sensing are in good agreement with the results of synchronous contact measurements in the same area of the sea.
Keywords: chlorophyll-a, colour index, spatial distributions
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