Title

Monitoring The Algal Bloom Event In Lake Okeechobee, Florida, Under Tropical Cyclone Fay Impacts Using Modis/Terra Images

Keywords

Algae bloom; Chlorophyll-a; Lake management; Remote sensing; Water quality

Abstract

Lake Okeechobee, Florida is the largest freshwater lake in the southeastern U.S. It is a key component in the hydrologic system of South Florida providing water supply for agriculture, the environment, and urban areas. Excessive phosphorus loads, from the Okeechobee watershed over the last few decades have led to increased eutrophication of this lake. Much of the excess phosphorus has been sequestered into the sediments. Sediment water interactions, including diffusive fluxes and sediment resuspension are a source of available phosphorus for phytoplankton. As a consequence, nutrient-enriched lake water has led to phytoplankton blooms from time to time. These blooms are often quantified by measurement of chlorophyll-a concentrations. While the in-situ water quality monitoring is time-consuming, sporadic, and costly, multispectral remote sensing sensors onboard satellites can detect chlorophyll-a contained in most phytoplankton efficiently. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the use of MODIS/Terra Surface Reflectance 1-Day images to capture the unique algal bloom event one week after the landfall of the hurricane Fay in mid-Sept. 2008. Use of the genetic programming model permits sound information retrieval for spatial mapping of chlorophyll-a concentrations, which help explain the mechanism as to why the algal bloom event occurred. © 2009 SPIE.

Publication Date

12-1-2009

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

7454

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824092

Socpus ID

77955681421 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77955681421

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