Fundamentals of in situ digital camera methodology for water quality monitoring of coast and ocean

• Published in: Sensors
• Main Authors: Goddijn-Murphy, Lonneke, Dailloux, Damien, White, Martin, Bowers, Dave
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: MDPI AG 2009
• Subjects: digital; camera; ocean; colour; marine; technology; advancement; irish sea; river plume; optical-properties; color; chlorophyll; reflectance; algorithms; vegetation; pigment; system; Rockall Trough; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/11682; https://doi.org/10.3390/s90705825

Conventional digital cameras, the Nikon Coolpix885 (R) and the SeaLife ECOshot (R), were used as in situ optical instruments for water quality monitoring. Measured response spectra showed that these digital cameras are basically three-band radiometers. The response values in the red, green and blue...