Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 58-64.doi: 10.11978/2020013CSTR: 32234.14.2020013

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Retrieval of non-optically active water quality parameters by hyperspectra for river network waters in the Pearl River estuary

CAI Jiannan1,2(), LIU Hailong3, JIANG Bo3, CHEN Yinhui1,2, LI Jiehong1,2, WU Sixiao2, LIANG Jianxia2, HUANG Hua4, XING Qianguo3()   

  1. 1. Zhongshan Environmental Monitoring Station, Zhongshan 528403, China
    2. Zhongshan Environmental Protection Agency, Zhongshan 528403, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
    4. Guangdong Polytechnic of Environmental Protection Engineering, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for UAV Environmental Application, Foshan 528216, China
  • Received:2020-02-03 Revised:2020-04-18 Online:2021-01-10 Published:2020-04-24
  • Contact: XING Qianguo E-mail:jncai@foxmail.com;qgxing@yic.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(YJKYYQ20170048);National Natural Science Foundation of China(41676171);Science and Technology Innovation Strategy Project of Guangdong Province(PDJH2020b1091)

Abstract:

Field spectra and water quality measurements were performed in Zhongshan City and its adjacent river network in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The hyperspectral reflectance characteristic of the river network and its correlation with the concentration of two non-optical activity parameters Chemical Oxygen Demand (CODCr) and Total Phosphorus (TP) were analyzed. The results showed that the spectral reflectance of the river network was mainly affected by suspended particulate matter and chlorophyll-a. In the range of 500~680 nm, the spectral reflectance of the water had negative correlations with the concentrations of CODCr and TP. Compared with the single band, the reflectance ratio of the specific band had higher correlations with CODCr and TP concentrations. The reflectance ratio band combinations with the highest correlations with CODCr and TP concentrations are R675/R794 and R690/R815, respectively. The water quality retrieval models that depend on the band combination show good estimation accuracy, with 27.2% and 32.1% of the average relative errors, indicating that the hyperspectral technology has good potential application for non-optical activity parameters (CODCr and TP) retrieval in the river network of the Pearl River estuary.

Key words: river network of Pearl River estuary, non-optically active water quality parameter, hyperspectra, water quality retrieval, band ratio

CLC Number: 

  • P733.31