Improving spatial resolution of chlorophyll-a in the Mediterranean sea based on machine learning

Bohdan Yailymov, Nataliia Kussul, Pavlo Henitsoi, Andrii Shelestov

Abstract


The objective of this study is to increase the spatial resolution of data on the level of chlorophyll-a in the Mediterranean Sea using satellite images and ground measurements. The goal of this study is to develop an information technology based on machine learning to create chlorophyll-a concentration maps with high spatial resolution for the pilot areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Traditional ground-based methods for measuring chlorophyll-a are time-consuming, expensive, and have limited spatial and temporal coverage. Therefore, satellite observations have become an effective tool for monitoring chlorophyll-a over large areas. Low spatial resolution satellite data such as GCOM-C/SGLI and Sentinel-3 OLCI allow measurements of chlorophyll-a concentration at the sea surface. However, these data have limited accuracy and spatial resolution, which creates challenges for monitoring local changes in coastal zones and small water areas. Tasks: to analyze available satellite data and ground-based measurements of chlorophyll-a for the Mediterranean Sea; to investigate the correlation between satellite data of different spatial resolutions and ground measurements; to select informative features from satellite data for building machine learning models; and to develop models for increasing the spatial resolution of chlorophyll-a based on regression and machine learning algorithms. Obtained results: information technology combining satellite data with ground measurements in the Google Earth Engine cloud platform is proposed; correlations between satellite measurements of chlorophyll-a and ground data are investigated; models based on Random Forest and Multilayer Perceptron with coefficients of determination up to 0.36 and correlation of 0.6 with test data are built; chlorophyll-a maps with a spatial resolution of 10 m are created for the pilot area near Cyprus. Conclusions. The developed information technology allows the effective combination of satellite data of different spatial resolutions and ground measurements to increase the accuracy and detail of chlorophyll-a maps in the Mediterranean Sea. Further research involves improving the preprocessing of satellite data, using more features, involving data from other regions, and applying more sophisticated machine learning models.

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machine learning; satellite data; chlorophyll-a; cloud technologies, information technology; iMERMAID

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32620/reks.2024.2.05

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