depth, and bottom information. In 2010,
HICO images were used to observe
chlorophyll-a concentrations in the Azov
Sea, Russia. Model estimates of
chlorophyll-a concentrations derived from
HICO images were in close agreement with
chlorophyll-a concentration
measurements taken from actual samples.
This verified HICO’s ability to estimate
chlorophyll-a concentrations in turbid
waters in real-time. Data from HICO was
also used to characterize the oil spill
resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil
rig explosion on April 20, 2010. HICO
collected data from targets around the
explosion site and in the nearby
marshlands of Louisiana and Mississippi.
The results from HICO identified
uncontaminated water and oil/water mixture, as well as strands of emulsified oil. Results from
HICO will be used in the management of both inland and coastal aquatic ecosystems, for
planning and executing operations from humanitarian relief to military actions, and for
identification of oil spilled from ruptured oil pipes.
PUBLICATION(S)
Moses WJ, Gitelson AA, Berdnikov S, et al. HICO-based NIR-Red models for estimating
chlorophyll-a concentration in productive coastal waters. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Letters. June 2014 ;11:1111-1115. doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2013.2287458.
Amin R, Lewis D, Gould, Jr RW, et al. Assessing the application of cloud-shadow atmospheric
correction algorithm on HICO. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. May
2014;52:2646-2653. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2264166.
Garcia RA, Fearns PR, McKinna LI. Detecting trend and seasonal changes in bathymetry derived
from HICO imagery: A case study of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Remote Sensing of
Environment. May 2014;147:186-205. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.03.010.
Keith DJ, Schaeffer BA, Lunetta RS, Gould, Jr RW, Rocha K, Cobb DJ. Remote sensing of selected
water-quality indicators with the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) sensor.
International Journal of Remote Sensing. May 3, 2014;35:2927-2962. doi:
10.1080/01431161.2014.894663.
Cho HJ, Ogashawara I, Mishra DR, et al. Evaluating Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean
(HICO) data for seagrass mapping in Indian River Lagoon, FL. GIScience and Remote Sensing.
April 3, 2014;51:120-138. doi: 10.1080/15481603.2014.895577.
These images were taken in February, 2011, from the
International Space Station experiment Hyperspectral Imager for
the Coastal Ocean (HICO). Data from HICO is used to find
bathymetry and water optical properties.