Landsat based Sargassum coverage in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2010

Chuanmin Hu, Lian Feng

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Abstract

This dataset contains the sargassum coverage in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico detected using both Landsat remote sensing images and airborne AVIRIS data. The mean Sargassum coverage during the four quarters of 2010 for the study region are also provided. Dataset results are provided in Excel format and correspond to the the publication: Hu, C.; Hardy, R.; Ruder, E.; Geggel, A.; Feng, L.; Powers, S.; Hernandez, F.; Graettinger, G.; Bodnar, J.; McDonald, T. (2016). Sargassum coverage in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico during 2010 from Landsat and airborne observations: Implications for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 107:15-21 (doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.04.045).

Original languageAmerican English
Media of outputOnline
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 14 2017

Keywords

  • Remote sensing
  • Landsat
  • AVIRIS
  • Sargassum coverage
  • Deepwater Horizon

Disciplines

  • Marine Biology

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