Dr. Frank E. Muller-Karger Profile

Dr. Frank E. Muller-Karger

at Univ of South Florida

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 April 2018 Open Access

Remote sensing estimation of surface oil volume during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico: scaling up AVIRIS observations with MODIS measurements

Chuanmin Hu, Lian Feng, Jamie Holmes, Gregg A. Swayze, Ira Leifer, Christopher Melton, Oscar Garcia, Ian MacDonald, Mark Hess, Frank Muller-Karger, George Graettinger, Rebecca Green

JARS, Vol. 12, Issue 02, 026008, (April 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JRS.12.026008

KEYWORDS: MODIS, Remote sensing, Clouds, Sun, Reflectivity, RGB color model, Sensors, Satellites, Photography, Synthetic aperture radar

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The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) led to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The accident resulted in oil slicks that covered between 10,000 and upward of 40,000 km2 of the Gulf between April and July 2010. Quantifying the actual spatial extent of oil over such synoptic scales on an operational basis and, in particular, estimating the oil volume (or slick thickness) of large oil slicks on the ocean surface has proven to be a challenge to researchers and responders alike. This challenge must be addressed to assess and understand impacts on marine and coastal resources and to prepare a response to future spills. We estimated surface oil volume and probability of occurrence of different oil thicknesses during the DWH blowout in the GoM by combining synoptic measurements (2330-km swath) from the satellite-borne NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and near-concurrent, much narrower swath (∼5 km) hyperspectral observations from the NASA Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS). A histogram-matching approach was used to transfer AVIRIS-derived oil volume to MODIS pixel-scale dimensions, after masking clouds under both sun glint and nonglint conditions. Probability functions were used to apply the transformation to 19 MODIS images collected during the DWH event. This generated three types of MODIS oil maps: maps of surface oil volume, maps of relative oil thickness with four different classes (i.e., 0 μm, <0.08 μm, 0.08 to 8 μm, and >8 μm), and maps of probability distributions of different thicknesses. The results were compared with satellite-based synthetic aperture radar measurements and evaluated with concurrent aerial photographs. Although the methods may not be ideal and the results may contain large uncertainties, the current attempt suggests that coarse-resolution optical remote sensing observations can provide estimates of relative oil thickness/volume for large oil slicks captured by satellites.

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SPIE Journal Paper | 21 December 2016

Characterization of Karenia brevis blooms on the West Florida Shelf using ocean color satellite imagery: implications for bloom maintenance and evolution

Inia Soto, Frank Muller-Karger, Chuanmin Hu, Jennifer Wolny

JARS, Vol. 11, Issue 01, 012002, (December 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JRS.11.012002

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Earth observing sensors, Satellite imaging, Remote sensing, MODIS, In situ remote sensing, Algorithm development, Detection and tracking algorithms, Meteorology, Ocean optics

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 2016 Paper

A spaceborne visible-NIR hyperspectral imager for coastal phenology

Steven Osterman, Frank Muller-Karger, David Humm, Matthew Noble, Shawn Begley, Christopher Hersman, Erin Hestir, Noam Izenberg, Mary Keller, Jeff Lees, Adam Magruder, Frank Morgan, Helmut Seifert, Kim Strohbehn

Proceedings Volume 10000, 100001T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2241784

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Hyperspectral imaging, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Stray light, Short wave infrared radiation, Signal to noise ratio, Polarization, Telescopes, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 2012 Paper

Acquisition of airborne imagery in support of Deepwater Horizon oil spill recovery assessments

Charles Bostater Jr., Frank Muller-Karger

Proceedings Volume 8532, 85321B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.979802

KEYWORDS: Airborne remote sensing, Imaging systems, Remote sensing, Sensors, Cameras, Global Positioning System, Ocean optics, Video, Hyperspectral imaging, Multispectral imaging

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Proceedings Article | 10 September 2005 Paper

The ANTARES observation network

Ana Dogliotti, Osvaldo Ulloa, Frank Muller-Karger, Chuanmin Hu, Brock Murch, Charles Taylor, Gabriel Yuras, Milton Kampel, Vivian Lutz, Salvador Gaeta, Domingo Gagliardini, Carlos Garcia, Eduardo Klein, Walter Helbling, Ramon Varela, Elena Barbieri, Ruben Negri, Robert Frouin, Shubha Sathyendranath, Trevor Platt

Proceedings Volume 5885, 58850N (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617971

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Remote sensing, MODIS, Ecosystems, In situ remote sensing, Satellite imaging, Oceanography, Interfaces, Ocean optics, Lanthanum

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Proceedings Article | 8 May 2003 Paper

Application of an optimization algorithm to satellite ocean color imagery: A case study in Southwest Florida coastal waters

Chuanmin Hu, Zhongping Lee, Frank Muller-Karger, Kendall Carder

Proceedings Volume 4892, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.466826

KEYWORDS: Absorption, RGB color model, Backscatter, Optimization (mathematics), Satellites, Atmospheric corrections, Water, Ocean optics, Data modeling, Satellite imaging

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Conference Committee Involvement (3)

Coastal Ocean Remote Sensing

26 August 2007 | San Diego, California, United States

Remote Sensing of the Coastal Oceanic Environment

31 July 2005 | San Diego, California, United States

Active and Passive Remote Sensing of the Oceans

8 November 2004 | Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States

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