Integration of remote sensing-GIS Techniques for mapping Seagrass and Ocean Colour off Malaysian Coasts

• Main Authors: Hashim, Mazlan, Abdullah, Adeli, Rasib, Abd Wahid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Association on Remote Sesning 1997
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); GC Oceanography
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2160/1/ACRS97_1.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2160/

This paper describes seagrass and ocean colour mapping off Peninsular Malaysia. The seagrass were extracted form visible bands of Landsat TM using the depth invariant index of the seabottom type. The ocean colour which is much referred to micro-plankton concentration is derived by regressing samples...