Water Depth and Optical Attenuation Characteristics of Natural Water Reservoirs nearby Kolkata City Assessed from Hyperion Hyperspectral and LISS-3 Multispectral Images

A methodology is proposed for estimating the optical
attenuation and proportional depth variation of shallow inland water.
The process is demonstrated with EO-1 Hyperion hyperspectral and
IRS-P6 LISS-3 multispectral images of Kolkata city nearby area
centered around 22º33′ N 88º26′ E. The attenuation coefficient of
water was found to change with fine resolution of wavebands and in
presence of suspended organic matter in water.

• Barun Raychaudhuri

• Hyperion
• hyperspectral
• Kolkata
• water depth.

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