This is a repository for bio-optical data for remote sensing of inland waters. All data appears in peer-review scientific publications, which are cited below. In terms of the license, the data are free to use but MUST be accompanied with the relevant citation acknowledging the source of the data.
Data is restricted to:
- Apparent Optical Properties
- Inherent Optical Properties
- Biogeophysical Data
Data collected during 2008 at Zeekoevlei Lake by Mark Matthews as cited in:
- Matthews, M. W., Bernard, S., & Winter, K. (2010). Remote sensing of cyanobacteria-dominant algal blooms and water quality parameters in Zeekoevlei, a small hypertrophic lake, using MERIS. Remote sensing of environment, 114(9), 2070-2087.
Data collected between 2010 and 2012 at Loskop, Hartbeespoort and Theewaterskloof, South Africa, by Mark Matthews as cited in:
- Matthews, M. W., & Bernard, S. (2013). Characterizing the absorption properties for remote sensing of three small optically-diverse South African reservoirs. Remote Sensing, 5(9), 4370-4404.
- Matthews, M. W., Bernard, S., Evers-King, H., & Lain, L. R. (2020). Distinguishing cyanobacteria from algae in optically complex inland waters using a hyperspectral radiative transfer inversion algorithm. Remote Sensing of Environment, 248, 111981.
You are welcome to contribute your data to this repository. There is no strict data format, however the data must appear in a peer-review published article which forms the basis for the reference. Simply place your data in a folder, edit this readme with a brief description following the formats above, and create a pull request.