Ocean Color Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediments along a Continuum from Rivers to River Plumes: Concentration, Transport, Fluxes and Dynamics

This study investigates the capability of high and medium spatial resolution ocean color satellite data to monitor transport suspended particulate matter (SPM) along a continuum from river mouth plume. An existing switching algorithm combining use green, red near-infrared wavebands was improved retrieve SPM concentrations over very wide range (from 1 more than 1000 g.m−3) encountered such continuum. The method applied time series OLI, MSI, MODIS data. Satisfactory validation results were obtained even at gauging station. liquid discharge is not only related concentration station mouth, but also turbid plume area mass estimated within surface overall highlight potential combined field observations fluxes discharged by rivers into coastal ocean.