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However, for optically shallow waters, the problem of isolating the effect of seabed reflectance from the influence of water properties makes it difficult to use the observed surface reflectance to monitor water quality. In this study, we adopt a methodology based on Lyzenga\u2019s model to estimate water quality properties such as the dominant wavelength and diffuse attenuation coefficient (Kd) of shallow estuarine waters. Lyzenga models the observed reflectance (R) using four parameters: total water depth (z), sea-bed reflectance (Rb), water reflectance (Rw) and Kd. If Rb is known a priori and multiple observations of R are available from different total water depths, we show that Lyzenga\u2019s model can be used to estimate the values of the remaining two parameters, Kd and Rw. Observations of R from different water depths can either be taken from the same image at different proximal locations in the estuary (\u201cspatial method\u201d) or from the same pixel observed at different tidal stages (\u201ctemporal method\u201d), both assuming homogeneous seabed and water reflectance properties. Tests in our case study estuary show that Kd and Rw can be estimated at water depths less than 6.4 m. We also show that the proximity restriction for the reflectance correction with the temporal method limits outcomes to monthly or seasonal resolution, and the correction with the spatial method performs best at a spatial resolution of 60 m. The Kd extracted from the blue band correlates well with the observed Kd for photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) (r2 = 0.66) (although the relationship is likely to be estuary-specific). The methodology provides a foundation for future work assessing rates of primary production in shallow estuaries on large scales.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15010011","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,21]],"date-time":"2022-12-21T01:32:53Z","timestamp":1671586373000},"page":"11","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Extracting Remotely Sensed Water Quality Parameters from Shallow Intertidal Estuaries"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2390-258X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhanchao","family":"Shao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand"}]},{"given":"Karin R.","family":"Bryan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7346-3901","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Moritz K.","family":"Lehmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand"},{"name":"Xerra Earth Observation Institute, Alexandra 9320, New Zealand"}]},{"given":"Conrad A.","family":"Pilditch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chiarelli, A.M., Low, K.A., Maclin, E.L., Fletcher, M.A., Kong, T.S., Zimmerman, B., Tan, C.H., Sutton, B.P., Fabiani, M., and Gratton, G. 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