Bathymetric and Geochemical Analysis of Lake Al-Saad, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Using Geoinformatics Technology
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50294#.VDSRhVfHRK0 Author(s) Javed Mallick 1* , Mohd Abul Hasan 1 , Yasser Alashker 1,2 , Mohd Ahmed 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . 2 Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt . ABSTRACT This study investigates the potential for remote sensing of lake water bathymetry and geochemical by 1) examining the empirical based technique for retrieving depth information from passive optical image worldview-2 satellite data, 2) performing atmospheric correction, 3) assessing the accuracy of spectrally based depth retrieval under field condition via field measurement, 4) producing b...