Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

Remotely sensed data can reinforce the abilities of water resources researchers and
decision makers to monitor waterbodies more effectively. Remote sensing techniques have …

Accurate bathymetric data is essential for marine, coastal ecosystems, and related studies.
In the past decades, a lot of studies were investigated to obtain bathymetric data in shallow …

Technical advancements have widened the limits of remote sensing in mapping shallow
water benthic habitats and bathymetry over the last decades. On the other hand, the needs …

Ocean color measured from satellites provides daily global, synoptic views of spectral water-
leaving reflectances that can be used to generate estimates of marine inherent optical …

Coral reefs are in decline worldwide and monitoring activities are important for assessing
the impact of disturbance on reefs and tracking subsequent recovery or decline. Monitoring …

Coastal zones have large social, economic and environmental values. They are more
densely populated than the hinterland and concentrate large economic assets, critical …

Numerous algorithms have been developed to retrieve chlorophyll-a (Chla) concentrations
(mg m− 3) from Earth observation (EO) data collected over optically complex waters …

The eutrophication problems in lakes on the Yangtze Plain of China have attracted global
concern. However, a comprehensive assessment of the eutrophication status and its …

Aquatic color radiometry remote sensing of coastal and inland water bodies is of great
interest to a wide variety of research, management, and commercial entities as well as the …