The Effect of Dissolved 'Yellow Substance" on the Quantitative Retrieval of Chlorophyll and Total Suspended Sediment Concentrations from Measurements of Water Colour

THE EFFECT OF THE DISSOLVED YELLOW SUBSTANCE ON THE QUANTITATIVE CHLOROPHYLL AND SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS FROM MEASUREMENTS OF WATER COLOUR, HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED THROUGH A SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THEORETICAL SIMU- LATIONS. TWO DIFFERENT MODELS FOR YELLOW SUBSTANCE ABSORPTION, DERIVED FROM EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIOPNS, HAVE BEEN USED IN THE COMPUTATION. THE RESULTS OBTAINED SHOWED IMPORTANT EFFECTS, LEADING TO CONCLUDE THAT THE PRESENCE OF YELLOW SUBSTANCE MUST BE TAKEN INTO CAREFUL ACCOUNT IN THE PROCESS OF INFERRING WATER COMPOSITION FROM ITS COLOUR SIGNATURE

TASSAN Stelvio; 

1995-03-15

JRC5109

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC5109,