Abstract

A Graphical User Interface (GUI) was developed for a user-friendly implementation of a water depth correction model. The Interactive Data Language (IDL)-based tool provides the prospective users with an interface that can be applied to perform water depth correction on hyperspectral images that contain shallow water bodies containing benthic habitat information. Users can select a pixel or a subset of a hyperspectral image to be corrected and define water correction for water depths of 0-2.0 m and for turbidity values of 0-20 NTU (Nephalometric Turbidity Unit) using the GUI. The results demonstrate that the GUI is an effective benthic mapping tool for shallow littoral areas; and it can be incorporated as a module in currently available commercial image processing software.

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