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Remote sensing of algal blooms by aircraft and satellite in Lake Erie and Utah LakeDuring late summer, when the surface waters of Lake Erie reach their maximum temperature, an algal bloom is likely to develop. Such phenomena, which characterize eutrophic conditions, have been noticed on other shallow lakes using the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1). The concentration of the algae into long streamers provides additional information on surface circulations. To augment the ERTS Multispectral Scanner Subsystem data of Lake Erie, an aircraft was used to obtain correlative thermal-IR and additional multiband photographs. A large bloom of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae observed in Utah Lake together with recent bloom history in Lake Erie is used to verify the Great Lakes bloom.
Document ID
19740058367
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Strong, A. E.
(NOAA, National Environmental Satellite Service, Hillcrest Heights Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1974
Publication Information
Publication: Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume: 3
Issue: 2, 19
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
74A41117
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER S-70246-AG
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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