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ArticleEcological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America2018

Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems.

Frank E Muller-Karger, Erin Hestir, Christiana Ade, Kevin Turpie, Dar A Roberts, David Siegel, Robert J Miller, David Humm, Noam Izenberg, Mary Keller and 43 more

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5 · Who and what money

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53 authors.

Frank E Muller-KargerCollege of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida, 33701, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3159-5011
Erin HestirSchool of Engineering, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Road, Merced, California, 95340, USA.
Christiana AdeSchool of Engineering, University of California Merced, 5200 N. Lake Road, Merced, California, 95340, USA.
Kevin TurpieJoint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, 5523 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, 21228, USA.
Dar A RobertsDepartment of Geography, University of Southern California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA.
David SiegelDepartment of Geography, University of Southern California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA.
Robert J MillerDepartment of Geography, University of Southern California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA.
David HummApplied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland, 20723, USA.
Noam IzenbergApplied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland, 20723, USA.
Mary KellerApplied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland, 20723, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0669-1298
Frank MorganApplied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland, 20723, USA.
Robert FrouinScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA.
Arnold G DekkerCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Royal GardnerStetson University College of Law, 1401 61st Street South, Gulfport, Florida, 33707, USA.
James GoodmanHySpeed Computing, Miami, Florida, 33143, USA.
Blake SchaefferU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27711, USA.
Bryan A FranzOcean Ecology Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20770, USA.
Nima PahlevanOcean Ecology Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20770, USA.
Antonio G ManninoOcean Ecology Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20770, USA.
Javier A ConchaOcean Ecology Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20770, USA.
Steven G AcklesonNaval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., 20375, USA.
Kyle C CavanaughDepartment of Geography, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA.
Anastasia RomanouGoddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10025, USA.
Maria TzortziouOcean Ecology Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20770, USA.
Emmanuel S BossSchool of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 04469, USA.
Ryan PavlickJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91109, USA.
Anthony FreemanJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91109, USA.
Cecile S RousseauxUniversities Space Research Association, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20770, USA.
John DunneNOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540, USA.
Matthew C LongClimate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 80301, USA.
Eduardo KleinLaboratorio de Sensores Remotos, Universidad Simon Bolívar, Sartenejas, Apartado, Caracas, 89000, Venezuela.
Galen A McKinleyLamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964, USA.
Joachim GoesLamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964, USA.
Ricardo LetelierCollege of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA.
Maria KavanaughCollege of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA.
Mitchell RofferRoffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, 60 Westover Drive, West Melbourne, Florida, 32904, USA.
Astrid BracherAlfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Kevin R ArrigoStanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA.
Heidi DierssenDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, 06340, USA.
Xiaodong ZhangEarth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 58202, USA.
Frank W DavisBren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA.
Ben BestEcoQuants, 508 East Haley Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93103, USA.
Robert GuralnickFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Cultural Plaza, 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA.
John MoisanWallops Flight Facility, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, Virginia, 23337, USA.
Heidi M SosikWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, USA.
Raphael KudelaUniversity of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, USA.
Colleen B MouwGraduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, USA.
Andrew H BarnardWET Labs/Sea-Bird Scientific, P.O. Box 518, Philomath, Oregon, 97370, USA.
Sherry PalaciosAirborne Science Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 94035, USA.
Collin RoeslerDepartment of Earth and Oceanographic Science, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 04011, USA.
Evangelia G DrakouGeo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Ward AppeltansIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ocean Biogeographic Information System, Oostende, Belgium.
Walter JetzDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biodiversity and high productivity of coastal terrestrial and aquatic habitats are the foundation for important benefits to human societies around the world. These globally distributed habitats need frequent and broad systematic assessments, but field surveys only cover a small fraction of these areas. Satellite-based sensors can repeatedly record the visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra that contain the absorption, scattering, and fluorescence signatures of functional phytoplankton groups, colored dissolved matter, and particulate matter near the surface ocean, and of biologically structured habitats (floating and emergent vegetation, benthic habitats like coral, seagrass, and algae). These measures can be incorporated into Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs), including the distribution, abundance, and traits of groups of species populations, and used to evaluate habitat fragmentation. However, current and planned satellites are not designed to observe the EBVs that change rapidly with extreme tides, salinity, temperatures, storms, pollution, or physical habitat destruction over scales relevant to human activity. Making these observations requires a new generation of satellite sensors able to sample with these combined characteristics: (1) spatial resolution on the order of 30 to 100-m pixels or smaller; (2) spectral resolution on the order of 5 nm in the visible and 10 nm in the short-wave infrared spectrum (or at least two or more bands at 1,030, 1,240, 1,630, 2,125, and/or 2,260 nm) for atmospheric correction and aquatic and vegetation assessments; (3) radiometric quality with signal to noise ratios (SNR) above 800 (relative to signal levels typical of the open ocean), 14-bit digitization, absolute radiometric calibration <2%, relative calibration of 0.2%, polarization sensitivity <1%, high radiometric stability and linearity, and operations designed to minimize sunglint; and (4) temporal resolution of hours to days. We refer to these combined specifications as H4 imaging. Enabling H4 imaging is vital for the conservation and management of global biodiversity and ecosystem services, including food provisioning and water security. An agile satellite in a 3-d repeat low-Earth orbit could sample 30-km swath images of several hundred coastal habitats daily. Nine H4 satellites would provide weekly coverage of global coastal zones. Such satellite constellations are now feasible and are used in various applications.

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BiodiversityOceans and SeasPhytoplanktonRemote Sensing Technologyaquaticcoastal zoneecologyessential biodiversity variablesH4 imaginghyperspectralremote sensingvegetationwetland

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PMCPMC5947264

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