Retrospection and introspection on remote sensing of inland water quality: "Like Déjà Vu All Over Again"
Abstract
An unfortunate reality is that a mutually isolationist chasm has historically existed between oceanographers and limnologists. Oceanographers studied oceans and limnologists studied lakes, invariably in two distinct solitudes. From as early as the start of the 20th Century, physical oceanographers conducted exceptional ocean optics research and bio-optical modeling for oceanic waters. From the launch of ERTS-1/Landsat-1 in August, 1972 up to and beyond the post-2000 launches of MODIS and MERIS physical limnologists conducted exceptional lake optics research and biogeo-optical modeling for inland and coastal water bodies. A greater than tri-decadal (and counting) history of such lake optics research and biogeo-optical modeling of inland waters (based on sound scientific principles) was independently written by limnologists. Sadly, however, those ~ 40 years of limno-optics history also contain optical models (purporting the ability to remotely monitor inland and coastal water quality) which were/are not based on sound scientific principles.
- Publication:
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Journal of Great Lakes Research
- Pub Date:
- 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.04.001
- Bibcode:
- 2013JGLR...39....2B
- Keywords:
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- Limno-optics history;
- Dual solitudes;
- Water quality