@article{fdi:010060365, title = {{I}nfluence of water column chlorophyll concentration on bathymetric estimations in the lagoon of {N}ew {C}aledonia, using several {MERIS} images}, author = {{M}inghelli-{R}oman, {A}. and {D}upouy, {C}{\'e}cile}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}n estimation of bathymetry in the optically complex lagoon of {N}ew {C}aledonia was performed from multispectral satellite images. {B}athymetric estimation was obtained with {M}edium {R}esolution {I}maging {S}pectrometer ({MERIS}) images acquired at different dates. {T}he method is based on the rotation of a pair of spectral bands (red and green bands). {O}ne of the resulting images is only depth-dependent when the other is reflectance-dependent. {A} comparison was made with a compilation of bathymetric data from {I}nstitut de {R}echerche pour le {D}eveloppement ({IRD}) {N}oumea measurements. {T}his study shows the influence of the variation of water composition, and then of the diffuse attenuation, on bathymetric results. {T}he variation of chlorophyll concentration, correlated with variation of diffuse attenuation, explains the error of the estimation map. {T}he results show that this method remains valid under a low (<1 mg . m(-3)) and constant concentration (<10% of variation) of chlorophyll to limit the variation of {RMSE} in the image on the bathymetric estimation (<15.5%).}, keywords = {{B}athymetry ; coastal zone ; diffuse attenuation ; lagoon ; {MERIS} ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{IEEE} {J}ournal of {S}elected {T}opics in {A}pplied {E}arth {O}bservations and {R}emote {S}ensing}, volume = {6}, numero = {2}, pages = {739--745}, ISSN = {1939-1404}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1109/jstars.2013.2239260}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060365}, }