Hyperspectral in situ remote sensing of water surface nitrate in the Fitzroy River estuary, Queensland, Australia, using deep learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17483v1
• Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 05:22:29 GMT
• Title: Hyperspectral in situ remote sensing of water surface nitrate in the Fitzroy River estuary, Queensland, Australia, using deep learning
• Authors: Yiqing Guo, Nagur Cherukuru, Eric Lehmann, S. L. Kesav Unnithan, Gemma Kerrisk, Tim Malthus, Faisal Islam,
• Abstract summary: The recent increase in river-discharged nitrate poses a major risk for coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.<n>Previous studies have demonstrated there is an indirect, non-causal relationship between water surface nitrate and water-leaving reflectance.<n>Time-series observations revealed periodic cycles in nitrate loads due to the tidal influence in the estuarine study site.<n>The accuracy assessment of model-predicted nitrate against in-situ measured nitrate values showed that the predicted nitrate values correlated well with the ground-truth data.
• Score: 0.2094057281590807
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Nitrate ($\text{NO}_3^-$) is a form of dissolved inorganic nitrogen derived primarily from anthropogenic sources. The recent increase in river-discharged nitrate poses a major risk for coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon. Although nitrate is an optically inactive (i.e., colourless) constituent, previous studies have demonstrated there is an indirect, non-causal relationship between water surface nitrate and water-leaving reflectance that is mediated through optically active water quality parameters such as total suspended solids and coloured dissolved organic matter. This work aims to advance our understanding of this relationship with an effort to measure time-series nitrate and simultaneous hyperspectral reflectance at the Fitzroy River estuary, Queensland, Australia. Time-series observations revealed periodic cycles in nitrate loads due to the tidal influence in the estuarine study site. The water surface nitrate loads were predicted from hyperspectral reflectance and water salinity measurements, with hyperspectral reflectance indicating the concentrations of optically active variables and salinity indicating the mixing of river water and seawater proportions. The accuracy assessment of model-predicted nitrate against in-situ measured nitrate values showed that the predicted nitrate values correlated well with the ground-truth data, with an $R^2$ score of 0.86, and an RMSE of 0.03 mg/L. This work demonstrates the feasibility of predicting water surface nitrate from hyperspectral reflectance and salinity measurements.

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