by Siu, Wai Lok. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-218). / ABSTRACT --- p.i -ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv -vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi -viii / LIST OF PLATES --- p.ix / LIST OF TABLES --- p.x -xii / Chapter CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Problem Statement --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Study Area --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research Objectives --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Rationale --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.10 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Optical Properties of Sea Water --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Water Quality Modeling Algorithms --- p.18 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Suspended Sediment Models --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Chlorophyll Models --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Sea Surface Temperature Models --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Salinity Models --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- Total Phosphorus Models --- p.34 / Chapter 2.4 --- Use of Chromaticity Technique --- p.35 / Chapter 2.5 --- Principal Component Transformation --- p.37 / Chapter 2.6 --- Remote Sensing Water Quality in Hong Kong --- p.37 / Chapter 2.7 --- Summary --- p.38 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- METHODOLOGY --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data Set --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Water Sampling and Water Quality Parameters --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Satellite Data --- p.45 / Chapter 3.1.2.1 --- Image Preprocessing --- p.45 / Chapter 3.1.2.1.1 --- Radiometric Correction --- p.45 / Chapter 3.1.2.1.2 --- Atmospheric Correction --- p.49 / Chapter 3.1.2.1.3 --- Geometirc Correction --- p.53 / Chapter 3.1.2.2 --- Data Extraction --- p.55 / Chapter 3.1.2.3 --- Spectral Data Transformation --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2 --- Statistical Water Quality Models --- p.59 / Chapter 3.3 --- Water Quality Mapping --- p.61 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2 --- Water Quality Samples --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Sample Data for TM Experiment --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Sample Data for SPOT Experiment --- p.68 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Correlations Among Parameters --- p.76 / Chapter 4.3 --- Image Preprocessing --- p.81 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Image Destriping --- p.83 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Atmospheric Correction --- p.85 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Geometric Correction --- p.88 / Chapter 4.4 --- Data Extraction --- p.89 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Descriptive Statistics of the Spectral Data Samples --- p.89 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Data Transformation --- p.100 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Correlations Among Spectral Variables --- p.103 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.107 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- ANALYSIS OF WATER QUALITY MODELS …… --- p.113 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.113 / Chapter 5.2 --- Criteria for Assessing Water Quality Models --- p.113 / Chapter 5.3 --- Models Derived from TM Data --- p.116 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Models of Various Water Quality Paramters --- p.116 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Summary --- p.142 / Chapter 5.4 --- Models Derived from SPOT Data --- p.145 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Models of Various Water Quality Parameters --- p.145 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Summary --- p.169 / Chapter 5.5 --- Comparisons Among Models --- p.171 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Comparisons Among Models Derived from TM and SPOT Data --- p.171 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Comparisons with Past Models --- p.172 / Chapter 5.6 --- Conclusion --- p.173 / Chapter CHAPTER VI --- WATER QUALITY MAPPING --- p.175 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.175 / Chapter 6.2 --- Classification Schemes for Various Water Quality Paramters --- p.175 / Chapter 6.3 --- Water Quality Maps --- p.180 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Water Quality Mapping Using TM Data --- p.180 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Water Quality Mapping Using SPOT Data --- p.190 / Chapter 6.4 --- Difficulties Encountered in Water Quality Mapping --- p.202 / Chapter 6.5 --- Summary --- p.204 / Chapter CHAPTER VII --- CONCLUSION --- p.206 / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary of Findings --- p.206 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Summary on Water Quality Modeling --- p.206 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Summary on Water Quality Mapping --- p.208 / Chapter 7.2 --- Limitations of the Study --- p.209 / Chapter 7.3 --- Recommendations for Further Studies --- p.210 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.213