Simultaneous modeling of water-leaving reflectance and sun and sky glint contributions from imaging spectroscopy measurements
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Remote imaging spectroscopy, with its ability to quantify phytoplankton pigments, is a powerful tool for monitoring aquatic ecosystems, giving valuable insights into environmental processes. However, the accuracy of these retrievals is impacted by specular glint at the air-water interface. Current imaging spectrometer missions either ignore glint-contaminated pixels, or apply post-hoc corrections, which can introduce substantial uncertainties in reflectance estimates. To address this challenge, we present a new approach that simultaneously models water-leaving reflectance and sun and sky glint contributions from imaging spectroscopy measurements. We reveal accurate performance of our model by utilizing measurements and derived chlorophyll-a products from the PRISM airborne imaging spectrometer during the SubMesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) campaign.
Source: Applied Optics
DOI: 10.1364/ao.569763
Authors: Niklas Bohn, Evan Greenberg, Philip G. Brodrick, John Chapman, Regina Eckert, Michelle Gierach, Robert O. Green, Marcel König, Jeremy Kravitz, Kelly Luis, Jouni Susiluoto, David R. Thompson
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Earth Sciences Division
OpenAlex ID: W7083711222