Advanced Remote Sensing Methods for Coastal Science and Management Completed
This project focused on developing algorithms for quantifying benthic habitat complexity from images, modeling the structural complexity of the seafloor, and using fluorescence signatures to classify coral reef habitats.
Project Specifications
The project included ship-based, multibeam sonar, and diver-based fluorescence imaging systems. Algorithms were developing to characterize and classify features on the seafloor using data collected by both airborne and underwater instrumentation.
Principles of fractal geometry were applied to model the structural complexity of the seafloor. The fluorescent properties of corals were used to improve automated image classification and investigate linkages to coral diseases.
In addition to their scientific merit, these tools benefited a number of research projects, including several tasks within the Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CREST) project.
Along-Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS)
ATRIS is a benthic-survey tool that simultaneously acquires geo-located, color, digital images with corresponding water depths.
Modeling Seafloor Structural Complexity
This effort focused on understanding the patterns and scalability of roughness and topographic complexity of marine habitats, such as coral reefs.
Applications of Coral Fluorescence
Fluorescence is an often-overlooked property of reef-building corals that can improve the classification of reef habitats from imagery and provide diagnostic information on corals.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Changes in the fluorescence of the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata during heat-induced bleaching
Image processing of underwater multispectral imagery
This project focused on developing algorithms for quantifying benthic habitat complexity from images, modeling the structural complexity of the seafloor, and using fluorescence signatures to classify coral reef habitats.
Project Specifications
The project included ship-based, multibeam sonar, and diver-based fluorescence imaging systems. Algorithms were developing to characterize and classify features on the seafloor using data collected by both airborne and underwater instrumentation.
Principles of fractal geometry were applied to model the structural complexity of the seafloor. The fluorescent properties of corals were used to improve automated image classification and investigate linkages to coral diseases.
In addition to their scientific merit, these tools benefited a number of research projects, including several tasks within the Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CREST) project.
Along-Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS)
ATRIS is a benthic-survey tool that simultaneously acquires geo-located, color, digital images with corresponding water depths.
Modeling Seafloor Structural Complexity
This effort focused on understanding the patterns and scalability of roughness and topographic complexity of marine habitats, such as coral reefs.
Applications of Coral Fluorescence
Fluorescence is an often-overlooked property of reef-building corals that can improve the classification of reef habitats from imagery and provide diagnostic information on corals.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.