The use of MOD09 product and in situ data in a reservoir

Valério, A.M.; Kampel, M.; Stech, J.L.

e-mail: alineval, milton, stech [@dsr.inpe.br]

COSPAR Training Course – Fortaleza, Brazil.

Study Area

DATA

MYD09

Remote Sensing Reflectance

Chl-a

Material and Methods

13 samples

16 + 17 from past campaingsFeb. 29 day to March 02, 2008 and previous

Linear Spectral Mixture Model

Avoid problems of spectral mixing in the spatial resolution of MODIS

Considers the value of the pixel in any spectral band as the linear combination of the response of each component within the pixel.

Endmembers pure pixel:more representative of the spectral response of the constituents that were selected: phytoplankton, dissolved organic matter and inorganic suspended particle

Linear Spectral Mixture Model

Image fractions and color composition. chlorophyll-a, (b) organic matter, (c) suspension sediment, (d) color composite R(a)G(b)B(c) for the Manso Reservoir, MT.

Remote Sensing Reflectance

Provides quantitative and qualitative information of significant optically active components (OAC) in the water

Important link between the images generated by the satellites sensors and the in situ concentration of OAC

Remote Sensing Reflectance

The Rrs can be defined by the ratio of upward radiance Luw (v, φ, z) by the downward irradiance Ed (z) where is v the Zenith angle, φ is the azimuth, and z is the upward vertical axis of coordinates.

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Rrs MYD09 x Rrs FieldSpec

Hyperspectral data was integrated to simulate the values of the bands of multispectral MODIS sensor

MYD09: reflectance of the surface/∏ (Bryan Franz sugestion,2008)

10 samples avaiable

Rrs MYD09 x Rrs FieldSpec For a range of 95%

The spatial resolution of 500m from MOD09 results in heterogeneity of the pixel, i.e. it is formed by integrating the response of different targets. Thus, it might be noted that there was genuine agreement between the estimates of Rrs orbital with in situ.

NIR Rrs MYD09 x in situ chl-a

27 data sets were obtained from chl-a : ranging from 10 μg/L to 1170 μg/L with an average of 460 μg/L

In the values of chl-a a base-ten logarithm was used

With the MYD09 scenes (250m), on the same campaign days, were extracted from the values of Rrs of the band NIR centered at 856 nm for the same points of chl-a collection made.

NIR Rrs MYD09 x in situ chl-a

fourth order polynomial, with R2 of 0.69 (RMSE= 0.34; n=27; p<0.05)

Conclusion

The MYD09 product proved to be efficient for classifying the waters of the reservoir, which agrees with the analysis of data obtained from in situ data. With the LSMM it was observed that the largest quantities of chl-a and suspended sediment were located in the arms of the rivers. The organic matter, however, was seen in higher concentration in the main body of the reservoir.

The Rrs obtained in situ through FieldSpec and simulated for the bands of MODIS agreed fairly well with those obtained by the product MYD09, except for the blue band, which due to the shorter wavelengths, is more affected by atmospheric scattering.

The near infrared band provided by the product MYD09 scenes with a resolution of 250m can be used to monitor the chl-a in reservoirs from empirical models of regression.