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ArticleRemote sensing2025

Evaluation of Atmospheric Preprocessing Methods and Chlorophyll Algorithms for Sentinel-2 Imagery in Coastal Waters.

Tori Wolters, Naomi E Detenbeck, Steven Rego, Matthew Freeman

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Tori WoltersOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.
Naomi E DetenbeckAtlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Narragansett, RI 02882, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9868-0475
Steven RegoAtlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Narragansett, RI 02882, USA.
Matthew FreemanApplied Research Associates, Raleigh, NC 27615, USA.

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EPA HHSN316201200013WIntramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacterial blooms have been increasingly detected in estuaries and freshwater tidal rivers. To enhance detailed monitoring, an efficient approach to detecting algal blooms through remote sensing is needed to focus more detailed monitoring focused on cyanobacteria. In this study, we compared different remote sensing processing methods to determine an efficient approach to mapping chlorophyll-a. Using a subset of paired chlorophyll-a observations with Sentinel-2 imagery (2015-2022), with sites located in the Chesapeake Bay and Indian River selected along gradients of salinity, turbidity, and trophic status, we compared the combined performance of two different atmospheric processing methods (Acolite, Polymer) and a suite of empirical (band ratio, spectral shape indices) and machine learning algorithms for chlorophyll-a prediction. Acolite outperformed Polymer, resulting in 176 observation points, compared to 106 observation points from Polymer, and a greater range in chlorophyll-a values (0-74 μg/L from Acolite compared to 0-36 μg/L from Polymer), although Polymer showed more responsiveness at lower chlorophyll-a levels. Two algorithms performed best in predicting chlorophyll-a, as well as trophic state and HABs risk classes: the machine learning mixture density network (MDN) approach and the one band-ratio approach (Mishra).

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algorithmsatmospheric correctionchlorophyllestuaryremote sensing

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PMID41503137
PMCPMC12774331

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