Analysis of chlorophyll-A and suspended sediment concentration using remote sensing in muthupet lagoon, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Chlorophyll-a and suspended sediment are significant water quality constraints to assess the hydrological environment in quantitatively. The high concentration of chlorophyll indicates nutrients contents have high in any types of water bodies and is not good for its ecosystem. Analysis of water quality parameters are very difficult in insitu measurement and have high expensive but advanced remote sensing technology can do with cost-effective manner and used for regular monitoring. The main objective of this study has developed a bio-optical algorithm in Muthupet lagoon, Vedaranniyam located in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, summer and monsoon season using IRS-P4 OCM sensor data and in-situ measurement for this the water samples have been collected in twelve locations when satellite overpass.