Long‐term Trends in Chesapeake Bay Remote Sensing Reflectance: Implications for Water Clarity

Description

While nutrient reductions have led to improved ecosystem health in many estuaries worldwide, inconsistent trends in water clarity often remain. Improved efforts are needed to understand why some measurements of downstream estuarine water clarity appear to be uncorrelated with watershed management actions, and multiple metrics of clarity are needed to address this issue. In this study, published in JGR Oceans, remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on satellite Aqua was evaluated from 2003 to 2020 at multiple wavelengths for surface waters of the Chesapeake Bay. To complement in situ measurements, satellite remote sensing provides an additional tool with which to assess long-term change in water clarity.

Citation

Turner, J.S., C.T. Friedrichs, and M.A.M. Friedrichs, 2021. Long‐term trends in Chesapeake Bay remote sensing reflectance: implications for water clarity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126: e2021JC017959. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017959