Note: Front Cover -- Remote Sensing of Ocean and Coastal Environments -- Remote Sensing of Ocean and Coastal Environments -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Biographies -- Foreword -- 1 - Remote sensing of Ocean and Coastal Environment - Overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Satellite remote sensing -- 2.1 Oil spill -- 2.2 Current velocity extraction and mapping -- 2.3 Sea surface temperature -- 2.4 Sea surface salinity -- 2.5 Coastal currents -- 3. Geographical information system -- 4. Fundamental techniques -- 4.1 Eulerian technique -- 4.2 Lagrangian technique -- References -- 2 - Ocean and coastal remote sensing: platforms, sensors, instruments, data products, tools, and techniques -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Platforms and sensors -- 3. Data products -- 4. Tools and techniques -- 4.1 Prominent indices used in coastal studies -- 4.2 Challenges in coastal remote sensing -- References -- Further reading -- 3 - Ocean remote sensing for seasonal predictability of phytoplankton (chl-a) biomass in the Southern Indian coastal water ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area profile -- 3. Materials and methods -- 4. Results and discussion -- 4.1 Spectral reflectance of Landsat 8 OLI for chl-a extraction -- 4.2 Estimation of phytoplankton (chl-a) biomass -- 4.3 Phytoplankton (chl-a) biomass variability in premonsoon (September 2018) -- 4.4 Phytoplankton (chl-a) biomass variability in monsoon (December 2017) -- 4.5 Phytoplankton (chl-a) biomass variability in postmonsoon (March 2018) -- 4.6 Seasonal variability of phytoplankton (chl-a) biomass during 2017-2018 -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- 4 - Ocean remote sensing for spatiotemporal variability of wave energy density and littoral current velocity in the Souther ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Materials and methods -- 3.1 Wave energy density calculation. , 3.2 Littoral current velocity measurement -- 4. Result and discussion -- 4.1 Spatiotemporal variability of wave energy density -- 4.2 Seasonal variability of wave energy density in 2017-2018 -- 4.3 Littoral current velocity and seasonal movement -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 5 - Ocean remote sensing of seawater salinity and its seasonal variability: a case study of Southern Indian coastal water u ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Materials and methods -- 4. Results and discussion -- 4.1 SSS spatial variability in monsoon (December 2017) -- 4.2 SSS spatial variability in premonsoon (September 2018) -- 4.3 SSS spatial variability in postmonsoon (March 2018) -- 4.4 SSS seasonal variability in 2017-2018 -- 4.5 SSS validation using linear regression analysis and RMSE estimation -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 - Impacts of placer mining on groundwater and air quality in the Chavara coastal stretch of Kerala: remote sensing and GI ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and methods -- 2.1 Study area -- 2.2 Sample collection and analysis -- 2.2.1 Water environment -- 2.3 Method of study -- 2.3.1 The kriging formula -- 2.4 Air environment -- 3. Results and discussion -- 3.1 Water environment -- 3.1.1 Site A -- 3.1.2 Evaluation of saltwater contamination in site A samples -- 3.1.3 Site B -- 3.1.4 Evaluation of saltwater contamination in site B samples -- 3.2 Air environment -- 4. Conclusion -- 4.1 Mitigation measures to reduce impact -- 4.1.1 Water environment -- 4.1.2 Air environment -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- 7 - Evaluation of coastal sediments: an appraisal of geochemistry using ED-XRF and GIS techniques -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Materials and method -- 4. Results and discussion -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References. , 8 - Assessing the impact of aquafarming on landscape dynamics of coastal West Bengal, India using remotely sensed data and ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1 Area of study -- 2.2 Data acquisition and preprocessing -- 2.3 LULC classification -- 2.4 Buffer based zonation from coast to inland -- 2.5 Change detection analysis -- 2.6 Application of landscape metrics -- 3. Results -- 3.1 LULC transformation scenario -- 3.2 Spatiotemporal growth pattern of aquaculture and impact on environment -- 3.3 Change scenario of class-level landscape metrics -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1 Aquaculture as a driver of LULC change -- 4.2 Environmental impact of aquacultural spread -- 5. Conclusions -- Supplementary data -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 - Applications of geostationary satellite data in the study of ocean and coastal short-term processes: two cases in the E ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geostationary satellite data -- 2.1 GOCI data -- 2.2 Himawari-8 data -- 3. Applications: two cases in the East China Sea short-term cross-shelf process -- 3.1 A complete evolutionary process of submesoscale frontal waves off the southeast coast of China -- 3.1.1 Evolution of frontal waves -- 3.1.2 Tidal oscillation of frontal waves -- 3.1.3 The discussion of mechanism -- 3.2 The short-term variation of surface upwelling off northeastern Taiwan -- 3.2.1 The whole short-term variation of surface upwelling -- 3.2.2 A preliminary discussion of mechanism -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- 10 - Evaluation of heavy metals in coastal aquifers and seawater: an appraisal of geochemistry using ICPMS and remote sensing -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Materials and methods -- 3.1 Sampling and laboratory analysis -- 3.2 Heavy metal pollution index -- 3.3 Principal component analysis of Landsat imagery -- 4. Results and discussion -- 4.1 ICPMS results. , 4.2 Heavy metal pollution index -- 4.3 Correlation coefficient -- 4.4 Monitoring heavy metal concentration using Landsat imagery -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 11 - Remote sensing for exploring heavy mineral deposits: a case study of Chavara and Manavalakurichi deposits, southwest c ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Materials and methods -- 4. Results and discussion -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12 - Simulation studies about the role of Lakshadweep-Maldives ridge in determining tsunami characteristics along the Keral ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1 Study area -- 2.2 Method -- 3. Results and discussion -- 4. The influence of LMR for 2004 Sumatra tsunami -- 5. The effect of LMR for 1945 Makran-like tsunami -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13 - Measuring the vulnerability of coastal ecosystems in a densely populated west coast landscape, India: a remote sensing ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1 Data processing -- 3.2 Taxonomic investigation -- 3.3 Coastal population study -- 3.4 Coastal regulation zone maps -- 3.5 Data source and instruments -- 4. Analysis and discussions -- 4.1 North Kerala (Kasaragod-Malappuram) -- 4.2 Central Kerala (Thrissur-Alappuzha) -- 4.3 South Kerala (Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram) -- 4.4 CRZ notification and mangrove conservation -- 5. Results -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14 - Modeling of coastal environmental vulnerability in South India: a multiple parametric approach using remote sensing an ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The geographical profile of the study area -- 3. Materials and methods -- 3.1 The GIS-based EVI modeling and parameters assigned weights -- 4. Results and discussions -- 4.1 Wave energy and shoreline impacts -- 4.2 Groundwater table fluctuation. , 4.3 Coastal sediment load change rate -- 4.4 Storm surge or wave run-up -- 4.5 Suspended sediments or river discharge rate -- 4.6 Coastal vegetation change rate -- 4.7 Coastal mining and quarrying -- 4.8 Seawater intrusion impacts (GALDIT score) -- 4.9 The coastal population growth rate -- 4.10 Assessment and mapping of vulnerability to environmental damages -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 15 - Evaluation of suspended sediment concentration and heavy metal distribution in Ashtamudi Lake, a Ramsar site in the so ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Materials and methods -- 3.1 Estimation of SSC and its monthly variability -- 3.2 Heavy metal: spatial distribution analysis -- 4. Results and discussion -- 4.1 Estimation of suspended sediment concentration -- 4.2 GIS mapping of heavy metal spatial distribution -- 4.3 Assessment of heavy metal pollution status -- 4.3.1 Pollution load index -- 4.3.2 Contamination degree -- 4.3.3 Modified contamination degree -- 4.3.4 Potential ecological risk index -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 16 - Seasonal variability of sea surface temperature in Southern Indian coastal water using Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS images -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Materials and methods -- 4. Results and discussion -- 4.1 SST spatial variability in monsoon (December 2017) -- 4.2 SST spatial variability in premonsoon (September 2018) -- 4.3 SST spatial variability in postmonsoon (March 2018) -- 4.4 SST seasonal variability during 2017-2018 -- 4.5 SST validation using linear regression analysis and RMSE estimation -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 17 - Ocean remote sensing of suspended sediment variability in Southern Indian coastal water region using Landsat 8 OLI images -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Profile of the study area -- 3. Materials and methods. , 4. Results and discussion.