@article{fdi:010062806, title = {{C}orrection of the water column attenuation : application to the seabed mapping of the lagoon of {N}ew {C}aledonia using {MERIS} images}, author = {{M}inghelli-{R}oman, {A}. and {D}upouy, {C}{\'e}cile}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{F}eatures on the seabed can be mapped from remote sensing multi/hyperspectral imagery, provided that their effects on the measured reflectance spectrum can be made independent of those produced by the atmosphere and water column. {T}he nonlinear effect of water column light attenuation can then be corrected to obtain the absolute reflectance of the seabed. {L}ight attenuation by the water column and bathymetry are both determined from the satellite image. {T}he water column attenuation is then removed in order to apply an automated supervised classification, whatever the depth is. {W}e have compared the results obtained with and without the correction of water column attenuation, for two different statistical measures: {E}uclidean ({ED}) and spectral angle mapper ({SAM}) distances. {W}e have applied this methodology to {MERIS} images acquired on the lagoon of {N}ew {C}aledonia. {T}he best overall accuracy (79%), as compared to in situ data, is obtained with the corrected image and the {SAM} distance.}, keywords = {{LAGON} ; {FOND} {MARIN} ; {CARTOGRAPHIE} ; {TELEDETECTION} {SPATIALE} ; {IMAGE} {SATELLITE} ; {BATHYMETRIE} ; {REFLECTANCE} ; {ANALYSE} {STATISTIQUE} ; {ERREUR} ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {PACIFIQUE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{IEEE} {J}ournal of {S}elected {T}opics in {A}pplied {E}arth {O}bservations and {R}emote {S}ensing}, volume = {7}, numero = {6}, pages = {2619--2629}, ISSN = {1939-1404}, year = {2014}, DOI = {10.1109/{JSTARS}.2014.2307956}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062806}, }