Empirical ocean colour algorithms for estimating sea surface salinity in coastal water of Terengganu

Abstract

This study presents an empirical approach for estimating sea surface salinity (SSS) from remote sensing of ocean colour. The analysis is based on two important empirical relationships of in-water optical properties. The first involves the behaviour of the optical properties of coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM) under conservative mixing along the salinity gradient. The second is the tight relationship between CDOM and water-leaving radiance.

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Keywords

Salinity, ocean colour, empirical algorithms, coloured dissolved organic matter, South China Sea

Citation

Md Suffian, I., Nurhafiza, R., & Hazwani, N. (2017). Empirical Ocean Colour Algorithms for Estimating Sea Surface Salinity in Coastal Water of Terengganu. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 25(4).

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