Journal of Geo-information Science, Volume. 22, Issue 10, 2062(2020)

A Remote Sensing Method for Retrieving Chlorophyll-a Concentration from River Water Body

Weihua LIU1...2, Siyuan WANG1,*, Yuanxu MA1,2, Ming SHEN1,2, Yongfa YOU1,2, Kai HAI3 and Linlin WU4 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • 4East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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    Figures & Tables(18)
    Sampling point location in the Bayanbulak wetland grassland in Xinjiang
    Remote sensing reflectance above water surface of valid samples
    Framework for Chl-a estimation based on concentration classification
    Correlation coefficient between single-band remote sensing reflectance and in situ Chl-a
    Correlation coefficient between in situ Chl-a and the three kinds of Rrsλ combination
    Correlation between D3B and measured Chl-a
    Retrieval errors of the optimal statistical model X6 and 11 existing models
    In situ Chl-a versus estimated Chl-a of X6, OC2V4 and D3B in the two level Chl-a datasets
    Scatterplot of estimated and measured Chl-a value obtained from the leave-one-out procedure
    In situ Chl-a versus estimated Chl-a of X6, OC2V4, D3B and OC2-D3B in the all in situ datasets
    Spatial distribution of estimated Chl-a using the OC2V4, D3B, and OC2-D3B
    Estimated Chl-a versus in situ Chl-a of matchup samples
    Temporal variation of monthly average Chl-a concentration in wetland river water bodies from 2016 to 2019 and monthly average Chl-a concentration over the years
    The variation trend of Chl-a concentration with meteorological factors and correlation analysis
    • Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the concentration of water constituents in July 2018

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      Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the concentration of water constituents in July 2018

      水质参数最小值最大值平均值标准差变异系数采样数
      叶绿素a/(mg/m3)总体2.538.724.291.650.3938
      干流2.788.064.161.370.3312
      湖泊2.538.725.331.980.3713
      支流2.675.243.370.670.2013
      浊度(NTU)总体2.5793.4234.2326.560.7838
      干流4.3393.4249.5429.810.6012
      湖泊2.5744.7125.7713.920.5413
      支流2.8975.3828.5616.360.5713
    • Table 2. Brief descriptions of the 11 types of Chl-a retrieval algorithms used in this study

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      Table 2. Brief descriptions of the 11 types of Chl-a retrieval algorithms used in this study

      算法描述
      TChl-a [11]R=Rrs(433)/Rrs(555)×(Rrs(412)/Rrs(490))C0Chl-a=10c1+c2Log10R+C3Log102RC0=-0.935,C1=0.342,C2=-2.511,C3=-0.277
      OC2V4[2]R=Log10(max(Rrs443,Rrs490)/Rrs560)Chl-a=10c0+c1R+c2R2+c3R3+c4R4C0=0.2975,C1=-21.502,C2=-215.53,C3=-784.5,C4=-859.7
      OC4V4[2]R=Log10(max(Rrs443,Rrs490,Rrs510)/Rrs560)Chl-a=10c0+c1R+c2R2+c3R3+c4R4C0=-0.599,C1=-50.54,C2=-578.38,C3=-2525.7,C4=-376.2
      NDCI[46]NDCI=(Rrs708-Rrs665)/(Rrs708+Rrs665)Chl-a=4.0448+10.301×(NDCI)
      FLH[21]FLH=Rrsλ2-[Rrsλ3+λ2-λ3λ1-λ3*(Rrsλ1-Rrsλ3)]λ1:665nm,λ2:681nm,λ3:708nmChl-a=3.6268-11.289×(FLH)-17.743×FLH2
      MCI[22]MCI=Lw(λ2)-[Lwλ1+λ2-λ1λ3-λ1*(Lwλ3-Lwλ1)]λ1:681nm,λ2:708nm,λ3:753nmChl-a=5.6122-2.1844×(MCI)+0.6641×MCI2
      SCI[23]HChl=Rrsλ4+λ4-λ3λ4-λ2(Rrsλ2-Rrsλ4)-Rrsλ3H=Rrsλ2-Rrsλ4+λ4-λ2λ4-λ1(Rrsλ1-Rrsλ4)SCI=HChl-Hλ1:560nm,λ2:620nm,λ3:665nm,λ4:681nmChl-a=5.7457-7.9685×(SCI)+5.7043×(SCI)2
      G2B[14] G2B=Rrsλ2Rrsλ1λ1:659nm,λ2:692nmChl-a=49.739-124.14×G2B+82.754×G2B2
      D3B[15]D3B=Rrsλ1-1-Rrsλ2-1×Rrsλ3λ1:659nm,λ2:692nm,λ3:748nmChl-a=6.9756+73.431×D3B+344.53×D3B2
      L4B[7]L4B=Rrsλ1-1-Rrsλ2-1/[Rrsλ4-1-Rrsλ3-1]λ1:659nm,λ2:692nm,λ3:705nm,λ4:748nmChl-a=5.5923+11.566×L4B+15.472×L4B2
      GChl-a[29]bb=1.61×Rrs779/(0.082-0.6×Rrs779)Chl-a=(Rrs709/Rrs665×0.7+bb-0.4-bb1.06)/0.016
    • Table 3. The optimal fitting equation between reflectance and Chl-a concentration based on regression analysis

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      Table 3. The optimal fitting equation between reflectance and Chl-a concentration based on regression analysis

      模型简写自变量拟合方程R2
      X1x=Rn537y=3.2765x2-0.3799x+3.11750.56
      X2x=(Rn537-Rn428)/(Rn537+Rn428)y=14.681x2+17.266x+8.18090.48
      X3x=Rn537/Rn678y=8.5277x2-0.2788x+3.36030.36
      X4x=(Rn537-Rn678)/(Rn537+Rn678)y=8.6092x2+14.272x+9.37070.34
      X5x=(Rrs384-Rrs385)*100y=75435x2+1063.9x+6.8960.63
      X6x=Rrs689/Rrs613y=107.82x2-166.85x+67.7570.82
      X7x=(Rrs625-Rrs624)/(Rrs625+Rrs624)×100y=105.97x2+45.711x+8.26910.73
    • Table 4. Descriptive statistics of the water samples with D3B=-0.051 and Chl-a=4.5 mg/m3as hierarchical threshold

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      Table 4. Descriptive statistics of the water samples with D3B=-0.051 and Chl-a=4.5 mg/m3as hierarchical threshold

      D3B分组Chl-a最小值Chl-a最大值Chl-a均值标准差变异系数采样点数
      D3B≤-0.0512.534.253.400.500.1524
      D3B>-0.0512.678.726.051.730.2812
      Chl-a分组D3B最小值D3B最大值D3B均值标准差变异系数采样点数
      Chl-a ≤4.50 mg/m3-0.092-0.041-0.0720.014-0.1926
      Chl-a>4.50 mg/m3-0.0470.026-0.0140.023-1.6910
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    Weihua LIU, Siyuan WANG, Yuanxu MA, Ming SHEN, Yongfa YOU, Kai HAI, Linlin WU. A Remote Sensing Method for Retrieving Chlorophyll-a Concentration from River Water Body[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2020, 22(10): 2062

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    Received: Sep. 25, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 23, 2021

    The Author Email: WANG Siyuan (wangsy@radi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.12082/dqxxkx.2020.190547

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