Abstract
Airborne lidar study of lake ecosystems is still a relatively unexplored field. In this paper we present measurements of the diffuse attenuation coefficient of downwelling irradiance ($ {K_d} $) obtained using a 532 nm airborne lidar in flights during 2004 and 2016 over Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. We compare the lidar measurements with MODIS $ {K_d} $ data, discuss the impact that local weather and river inflows/outflows may have had on the data, compare to previous models of the diffuse attenuation coefficient, and examine several published relationships converting $ {K_d} $ to Secchi disk depth.
© 2020 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Michael R. Roddewig, James H. Churnside, F. Richard Hauer, Jacob Williams, Patricia E. Bigelow, Todd M. Koel, and Joseph A. Shaw
Appl. Opt. 57(15) 4111-4116 (2018)
Yunlin Zhang, Xiaohan Liu, Yan Yin, Mingzhu Wang, and Boqiang Qin
Opt. Express 20(18) 20482-20493 (2012)
Hang Liu, Peng Chen, Zhihua Mao, and Delu Pan
Appl. Opt. 59(10) C42-C51 (2020)