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In this study, a neural network (NN) approach was applied to derive the water turbidity using the geostationary ocean color imager (GOCI) data in turbid estuaries of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The results showed a good agreement between the GOCI-derived turbidity and in situ measured data with a determination coefficient (R2) of 0.84, root mean squared error (RMSE) of 58.8 nephelometric turbidity unit (NTU), mean absolute error of 25.1 NTU, and mean relative error of 34.4%, showing a better performance than existing empirical algorithms. The hourly spatial distributions of water turbidity in April 2018 suggested that high turbidity regions were distributed in the Yellow River estuary, Yangtze River estuary, Hangzhou Bay, and coastal waters of Zhejiang Province. Furthermore, the relationship between water turbidity and tide were estimated. A defined turbid zone was defined to evaluate the diurnal variations of turbidity, which has subtle changes at different times. Our results showed an inverse relationship between turbidity and tide over six selected stations, i.e., when the value of turbidity is high, then the corresponding tidal height is usually low, and vice versa. The combined effects of tidal height and tidal currents could explain the phenomena, and other factors such as winds also contribute to the turbidity distributions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12223770","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,17]],"date-time":"2020-11-17T07:23:28Z","timestamp":1605597808000},"page":"3770","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Turbidity Estimation from GOCI Satellite Data in the Turbid Estuaries of China\u2019s Coast"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Jiangang","family":"Feng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Agricultural Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing 210098, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Huangrong","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hailong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhaoxin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuanzhi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"},{"name":"Faculty of Social Science and Asia Pacific Studies Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1022-3999","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad","family":"Bilal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1167-3991","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhongfeng","family":"Qiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"855","DOI":"10.1016\/0198-0149(88)90064-7","article-title":"Ocean primary production and available light: Further algorithms for remote sensing","volume":"35","author":"Platt","year":"1988","journal-title":"Deep Sea Res. 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