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Nadaoka, K. and Tamura, H. (1992) LANDSAT/TM Based Analyses of the Problems Related to the Red-Silt Outflow from the Okinawa Island (in Japanese). Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 12, 3-19. (In Japanese with English Abstract)

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• TITLE: Relationship between Turbid Water and Coral Damage Distribution Using ALOS AVNIR-2 Images and Diving Survey Data Immediately after the Heavy Rain Disaster of the Amami-Oshima Island, Japan

  AUTHORS: Yuji Sakuno, Katsuki Oki

  KEYWORDS: ALOS AVNIR-2, Heavy Rain Disaster, Amami-Oshima Island, Red-Silt Deposition Index

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Remote Sensing, Vol.4 No.1, February 27, 2015

  ABSTRACT: To understand the relationship between turbid water and coral damage caused by the heavy rain disaster at the end of October 2010 in Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, turbid water and coral damage distribution monitoring was attempted using satellite imagery and a diving survey immediately after the disaster. ALOS AVNIR-2 images (spatial resolution: 10 m) on October 6 (before the disaster), October 24, October 30, and October 31 (after the disaster) were obtained as satellite data in 2010. The red-silt deposition index (RSI) map based on the method by Nadaoka and Tamura (1992) was also created. Moreover, a diving survey was conducted via the spot check method on December 18, 2010. As a result, comparison between the high turbidity (RSI) areas estimated using AVNIR-2 data and the coral damage areas judging from the field survey was considered relatively light. It is shown that satellite data such as AVNIR-2 can be a powerful tool to monitor damage distribution of coral reefs after heavy rain.