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Synoptic thermal and oceanographic parameter distribution in the New York Bight Apex on June 23, 1977Concurrent surface water measurements made from a moving oceanographic research vessel were used to calibrate and interpret remotely sensed data collected over a plume in the New York Bight Apex on June 23, 1977. Multiple regression techniques were used to develop equations to subsequently map synoptic distributions of water quality parameters, chlorophyll A and total suspended matter, in the remotely sensed scene. Thermal (which did not have surface calibration values) and water quality parameter distributions indicated a cold mass of upwelled water in the Bight Apex with an overflowing nutrient-rich warm water plume that originated in the Sandy Hook Bay and flowed south near the New Jersey shoreline. Additional comparison of remotely sensed thermal and optical properties of the water with shipboard measurements indicated that remotely sensed data may be particularly useful for studying physical and biological processes in the top several meters of surface water at the plume boundaries.
Document ID
19820026520
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Johnson, R. W.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Bahn, G. S.
(Kentron International, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Thomas, J. P.
(NOAA, Sandy Hook Laboratory, Highlands NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1980
Subject Category
Oceanography
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Society of Photogrammetry, Annual Meeting
Location: St. Louis, MO
Start Date: March 9, 1980
End Date: March 14, 1980
Sponsors: American Society of Photogrammetry
Accession Number
82A10055
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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