Distinction between Different Water Masses Using Optical Remote Sensing Applied to Data from the Alboran Sea Experiment 1982

摘要

Data sets from different remote sensing instruments were used to monitor the in flow of Atlantic water through the Straits of Gibraltar into the western Mediterranean Sea. Besides the data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer and the NOAA8 satellite, those from the Coastal Zone Color Scanner on Nimbus 7 were used to measure and interpret ocean color, and to compare the results with data collected from airborne radiometry and shipborne ground truth. It is concluded that dynamic processes in the sea can often be monitored and interpreted better using ocean color rather than sea surface temperature.