<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Gulf of Martaban is located at the north of Andaman, and is one of the world most turbid areas. The presence of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in the water body could reduce the underwater transmittance. This study has been conducted to investigate the variation of SSC over the Gulf of Martaban. Remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) of 667 nm is used as a proxy to represent the sediment SSC variation over the study area. The data for the period of July 2002 to March 2014 acquired from MODIS Aqua 4 km resolution are used in this study. As a result, there is no obvious yearly variation in the SSC cover area. The SSC variation over this study area is found to be seasonal. High homogenous SSC covers area observably during the northeast (NE) monsoon season that occurs from December to January. The sediment cover area could reach the latitude of 15°N that located at the south of the gulf. During southwest (SW) monsoon season that occurs from May to September, low and sparse SSC cover area is observed. As a consequence, the area covered by the SSC is higher during the NE monsoon season as compared to the SW monsoon season. Hence, the SSC cover area during the NE monsoon season is greater than the yearly averaged SSC cover area. Meanwhile the SSC cover area during the rainy SW monsoon season is less than the yearly and NE monsoon season.</p></abstract>

Gulf of Martaban is located at the north of Andaman, and is one of the world most turbid areas. The presence of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in the water body could reduce the underwater transmittance. This study has been conducted to investigate the variation of SSC over the Gulf of Martaban. Remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) of 667 nm is used as a proxy to represent the sediment SSC variation over the study area. The data for the period of July 2002 to March 2014 acquired from MODIS Aqua 4 km resolution are used in this study. As a result, there is no obvious yearly variation in the SSC cover area. The SSC variation over this study area is found to be seasonal. High homogenous SSC covers area observably during the northeast (NE) monsoon season that occurs from December to January. The sediment cover area could reach the latitude of 15°N that located at the south of the gulf. During southwest (SW) monsoon season that occurs from May to September, low and sparse SSC cover area is observed. As a consequence, the area covered by the SSC is higher during the NE monsoon season as compared to the SW monsoon season. Hence, the SSC cover area during the NE monsoon season is greater than the yearly averaged SSC cover area. Meanwhile the SSC cover area during the rainy SW monsoon season is less than the yearly and NE monsoon season.

Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment Over Gulf of Martaban

Faculty of Applied Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA Terengganu, Kampus Kuala Terengganu, 21080 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia;

School of Ocean Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia

Fakulti Informatik dan Komputeran, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kampus Tembila, 22200 Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia

School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Malaysia

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Gulf of Martaban is located at the north of Andaman, and is one of the world most turbid areas. The presence of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in the...

Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment Over Gulf of Martaban

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 54 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2015-0006

Keywords
suspended sediment concentration, MODIS, monsoon, turbidity

© 2015 Abd Rahman Matamin et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment Over Gulf of Martaban

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 54 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2015-0006

Keywordssuspended sediment concentration, MODIS, monsoon, turbidity

© 2015 Abd Rahman Matamin et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
suspended sediment concentration, MODIS, monsoon, turbidity