From May to September 2015, seasonal sediment samples were collected from three headwater streams and ditches which were discharged from sewage plant tail water, food processing wastewater and agricultural drainage-groundwater seepage, respectively, in Hefei, Chaohu Lake basin. The stream-bed sediments were analyzed for phosphorus fractions. The risk assessment on phosphorus release from sediments was conducted using the phosphorus sorption index (PSI), degree of phosphorus saturation (DPS) and the phosphorus release risk index (ERI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExisting atmospheric correction methods retrieve surface reflectance keeping the same nominal spectral response functions (SRFs) as that of the airborne/spaceborne imaging spectrometer radiance data. Since the SRFs vary dependent on sensor type and configuration, the retrieved reflectance of the same ground object varies from sensor to sensor as well. This imposes evident limitations on data validation efforts between sensors at surface reflectance level.
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