Indonesian Journal of Geography
Vol 49, No 2 (2017): Indonesian Journal of Geography

Assessing the Capability of Sentinel-2A Data for Mapping Seagrass Percent Cover in Jerowaru, East Lombok

Muhammad Afif Fauzan (Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Ignatius S. W. Kumara (Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Rifka N. Yogyantoro (Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Satrio W. Suwardana (Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Nurul Fadhilah (Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Intansania Nurmalasari (Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Santi Apriyani (Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)
Pramaditya Wicaksono (Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Dec 2017

Abstract

Remote sensing technology has been widely used in various applications related to natural resources and environment monitoring. In this paper, we evaluated the capability of new Sentinel-2A image to map the distribution and percent cover of seagrass in optically shallow water of Jerowaru coastal area, East Lombok. Seagrass distribution map was produced from radiometrically and geometrically corrected Sentinel-2A image with overall accuracy of 61.9%. Using empirical model, seagrass percent cover was predicted with maximum coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.51 and standard error of estimate (SE) of 19.4%. The results suggest that Sentinel-2A image can be used to perform seagrass mapping time and cost-effectively and can be further improved by incorporating more robust empirical modeling technique.

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Journal Info

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ijg

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Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences

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Indonesian Journal of Geography ISSN 2354-9114 (online), ISSN 0024-9521 (print) is an international journal of Geography published by the Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada in collaboration with The Indonesian Geographers Association. Our scope of publications includes physical geography, ...