RREAD ME File For DATA SUPPORTING 'REMOTE SENSING OF SHIP-BORNE MARINE FOULING BIOFILMS'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1167

ReadMe Author: JENNIFER E LONGYEAR, University of Southampton

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Developing Remote Sensing Tools for Quantifying Ship-Borne Marine Fouling Biofilms'
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2020

Dataset and thesis are embargoed until 31/08/2025

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA

Data in support of PhD Thesis research.  Each individual file has an appropriate README file.

The dataset contains:

MULTISPECTRAL_INDEX_CALIBRATION_DATA.xlsx	
	-->Spectral and chlorophyll surface area density data
	-->Used for: Ch2 calculating calibration models and errors

MULTISPECTRAL_TIME_SERIES_DATA.xlsx
	-->Estimated and measured biomass on six colored coatings over time
	-->Used for: Ch2 time series analysis, ANOVA

HYPERSPECTRAL_INDEX_CALIBRATION_DATA.zip
	-->Reflectance spectra of biofilms, coatings, and Spectralon standards
	-->Used for: Ch3 calibrating the indices

HYPERSPECTRAL_CALIBRATION_PIGMENT_DATA.xlsx
	-->Pigment surface area density, from HPLC analysis
	-->Used for: Ch3 calibrating the indices

SPATIAL_TEXTURE_CHL_A_MAPS.zip
	-->Chl a surface area density maps for the 81 experimental panels
	-->Used for: Ch4 spatial and textural pattern analysis

SPECTRAL_TAXONOMY_HYPERSPECTRAL_IMAGES.zip
	-->Raw hyperspectral images of the 9 experimental panels
	-->Used for: Ch5 spectral species mapping


Dates data collected: Nov 2015 - Nov 2017

Additional analyses followed.

Geographic locations relevant to the data: Experimental boards immersed in Hartlepool Marina, NE England, UK 


File created: December 2020