Basic Remote Sensing Investigation for Coastal Reconnaissance.

Abstract : Progress is reported on two tasks designed to develop remote sensing beach reconnaissance techniques applicable to benthic and beach intertidal zones. In Task1--whose goal is to develop remote sensing algorithms for important beach composition and physical parameters--results of radiative transfer model development and application are reported. The model calculates the radiance of a beach, given physical and compositional information. In Task 2--whose goal is to develop remote sensing algorithms for mapping of bottom features in the benthic zone--results of radiative transfer model calculations and an evaluation of the modified ratio algorithm (MRA) performance in scattering waters are presented. (Author)