DocumentCode
2675513
Title
LIDAR detection of plankton in the ocean
Author
Churnside, James H.
Author_Institution
NOAA Earth Syst. Res. Lab., Boulder
fYear
2007
fDate
23-28 July 2007
Firstpage
3174
Lastpage
3177
Abstract
For a variety of oceanographic applications, airborne LIDAR is very attractive, because of its ability to cover large areas in a short amount of time and at low cost compared with traditional research vessel surveys. One application we have investigated is the detection of plankton in the ocean. We have found that zooplankton layers can be detected, structure within those layers can be tracked, and relative estimates of abundance can be made. This paper describes the NOAA LIDAR and some of the results related to detection of zooplankton in the upper ocean.
Keywords
oceanographic techniques; oceanography; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; LIDAR detection; NOAA LIDAR; airborne LIDAR; oceanographic application; plankton detection; zooplankton abundance; zooplankton layer detection; zooplankton structue; Backscatter; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser radar; Marine vegetation; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Optical scattering; Optical transmitters; Sea measurements; Telescopes; LIDAR; oceanography; plankton; zooplankton;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location
Barcelona
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1212-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423519
Filename
4423519
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