Remote Sensing of shallow sea floor for digital earth environment

Understanding the sea floor biodiversity requires spatial information that can be acquired from remote sensing satellite data. Species volume, spatial patterns and species coverage are some of the information that can be derived. Current approaches for mapping sea bottom type have evolved from field...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2014-01, Vol.18 (1), p.12110-5
Main Authors: Yahya, N N, Hashim, M, Ahmad, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerial photography
Biodiversity
Digital mapping
Earth environment
Image processing
Mapping
Marine
Ocean floor
Remote observing
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Satellites
Sea beds
Sea currents
Spatial data
Spectral bands
Visual fields
Visual observation
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Summary:Understanding the sea floor biodiversity requires spatial information that can be acquired from remote sensing satellite data. Species volume, spatial patterns and species coverage are some of the information that can be derived. Current approaches for mapping sea bottom type have evolved from field observation, visual interpretation from aerial photography, mapping from remote sensing satellite data along with field survey and hydrograhic chart. Remote sensing offers most versatile technique to map sea bottom type up to a certain scale. This paper reviews the technical characteristics of signal and light interference within marine features, space and remote sensing satellite. In addition, related image processing techniques that are applicable to remote sensing satellite data for sea bottom type digital mapping is also presented. The sea bottom type can be differentiated by classification method using appropriate spectral bands of satellite data. In order to verify the existence of particular sea bottom type, field observations need to be carried out with proper technique and equipment.
ISSN:1755-1315
1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012110