Investigation of Fishery Environment in Coastal Area by Remote Sensing

Abstract

Since LANDSAT-1 was launched in 1972, the satellite remote sensing and airborne remote sensing based on the analysis of high resolutional imagery which detects so many sea surface phenomena distinctly has become very popular in the field of oceanography and fishery.
In this report, the author tried to investigate the capability of remote sensing by satellite and airborne using the data obtained in Japan and sevaral remarkable results were carried out as follows :
1. NOAA AVHRR data is recognized as very effective to monitor the flow pattern of Kuroshio Current.
2. LANDSAT MSS and TM data were considered as very useful to detect river effluent, coastal current, discontinuity line and hot efflux from power station.
3. MOS-1 MESSR and VTIR data were also recognized as very effective to monitor the sea surface phenomena as the interpolate data of LANDSAT and NOAA.
4. Airborne MSS data is concluded as very useful to monitor the environmental problem such as hot efflux and oil pollution in time-lapse observation.