Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 1655-1660Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.870405
Keywords
bathymetry; coastal remote sensing; Kailua Bay; LIDAR; Quickbird; radiative transfer; reflectance
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We have developed a simple technique to decorrelate remote sensing color band data from depth in optically shallow water. The method linearizes color band data with respect to depth by subtracting an optically deepwater value from the entire waveband under consideration and taking the natural logarithm of the result. Next, this linearized waveband is rotated about the model 2 regression line computed against a bathymetry band. The rotated color band is decorrelated from water depth. We demonstrate the technique for a small area of Kailua Bay, Oahu, HI, using Quick-bird multispectral and Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar Survey LIDAR data. Results indicate that color band data are effectively decorrelated from depth, while bottom reflector variability is maintained, thus providing the basis for further analysis of the depth-invariant wavebands. The primary benefit of our technique is that wavebands; are rotated independently, preserving relative spectral information.
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