Applications of Landsat-5 TM imagery in assessing and mapping water quality in Bankhead Reservoir of the Black Warrior River

Simple item page
dc.contributorSteinberg, Michael K.
dc.contributorFindlay, Robert
dc.contributor.advisorHan, Luoheng
dc.contributor.authorForrer, Dorothy Colleen
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T16:34:57Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T16:34:57Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractBankhead Reservoir of the Black Warrior River is designated for swimming, fish and wildlife, and to be used as a public water source. The water quality of Bankhead Reservoir is impacted by both point and nonpoint source pollution. Only a limited number of intensive studies have been conducted on Bankhead due to the cost and resources necessary to sample areas distributed throughout the entire system. This research uses remote sensing technologies coupled with a limited number of in situ water samples to estimate and map the concentrations of total suspended solids and chlorophyll-a in Bankhead Reservoir using Landsat TM data. The principle behind the technique used implements spectral reflectance to predict water quality variables via different regression models. The results from this study serve as baseline water quality maps that can be used for comparison in future monitoring. A land use/land cover map was created of the study area to briefly investigate potential land use related causes of water quality variation. The use of remote sensing allows for a more synoptic view of total suspended solids and chlorophyll-a concentrations in Bankhead Reservoir for both spring and summer conditions.en_US
dc.format.extent75 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0001051
dc.identifier.otherForrer_alatus_0004M_11089
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1533
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectRemote sensing
dc.titleApplications of Landsat-5 TM imagery in assessing and mapping water quality in Bankhead Reservoir of the Black Warrior Riveren_US
dc.typethesis
dc.typetext
etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Geography
etdms.degree.disciplineGeography
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.S.

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
file_1.pdf
Size:
4.28 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Theses and Dissertations
Theses and Dissertations - Department of Geography