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Chlorophyll and suspended sediment mapping to the Caribbean Sea from rivers in the capital city of the Dominican Republic using ALOS AVNIR-2 data

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This study aims to study the distribution of contaminants in rivers that flow into the Caribbean Sea using chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and suspended sediment (SS) as markers and ALOS AVNIR-2 satellite sensor data. The Haina River (HN) and Ozama and Isabela Rivers (OZ-IS) that flow through the city of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, were chosen. First, in situ spectral reflectance/Chl-a and SS datasets obtained from these rivers were acquired in March 2011 (case A: with no rain influence) and June 2011 (case B: with rain influence), and the estimation algorithm of Chl-a and SS using AVNIR-2 data was developed from the datasets. Moreover, the developed algorithm was applied to AVNIR-2 data in November 2010 for case A and August 2010 for case B. Results revealed that for Chl-a and SS estimations under cases A and B conditions, the reflectance ratio of AVNIR-2 band 4 and band 3 (AV4/AV3) and the reflectance of AVNIR-2 band 4 (AV4) were effective. The Chl-a and SS mapping results obtained using AVNIR-2 data corresponded with the field survey results. Finally, an outline of the distribution of contaminants at the mouth of the river that flows into the Caribbean Sea was obtained for both rivers in cases A and B.

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Acknowledgment

We would like to thank to Mr. Peter Szabo for collaboration on the survey. We would also like to thank the staff of the Environmental Department of the Municipality of Santo Domingo East and the Institute of Chemistry of UASD for their collaboration during the analysis of the samples. This study was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI (23404001 and 20332801).

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  1. Department of Transportation and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Yuji Sakuno & Hidemi Mutsuda

  2. Institute for Sustainable Sciences and Development, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Esteban R. Miño

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Satoshi Nakai

  4. Environmental Research and Management Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Tetsuji Okuda & Wataru Nishijima

  5. Department of Environment, Municipality of Santo Domingo East, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Rolando Castro

  6. Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Santo Domingo Autonomous University, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Amarillis García, Rosanna Peña, Marcos Rodríguez & G. Conrado Depratt

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Sakuno, Y., Miño, E.R., Nakai, S. et al. Chlorophyll and suspended sediment mapping to the Caribbean Sea from rivers in the capital city of the Dominican Republic using ALOS AVNIR-2 data. Environ Monit Assess 186, 4181–4193 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3689-6

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