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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-361-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-361-2022
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24 Mar 2022
Research article |  | 24 Mar 2022

The capabilities of Sentinel-MSI (2A/2B) and Landsat-OLI (8/9) in seagrass and algae species differentiation using spectral reflectance

Abderrazak Bannari, Thamer Salim Ali, and Asma Abahussain

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Spectral analyses showed the importance of the blue, green, and NIR wavelengths for submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) discrimination. Moreover, the integration of the blue or the green bands in water vegetation indices (WVIs) increases their discriminating power of SAV. Statistical fits between homologous bands of Sentinel-SMI and Landsat-OLI revealed excellent linear relationships (R2 of 0.999) with insignificant RMSD (≤ 0.0015). Accordingly, MSI and OLI sensors are spectrally similar.