Total suspended solid (TSS) monitoring in Bidong Island by using remote sensing

Abstract

This study was conducted in Bidong Island. There are two times of sampling. The first sampling was done in March 2010 while the second sampling was done in July 2010. There are 32 stations that set up in this study. The 32 stations are covered the whole Bidong Island. The water samples were collected by using Niskin water sampler according to the depth of each station. Then, the water samples were filtered and the filter papers were kept in ice box as the preservation step. Then, filter papers were dried and weighted. The TSS formula was applied to calculate the concentration of TSS. The image that has been used in this study is QuickBird satellite image that was captured in 2007. The images are corrected and analysed. There are lots of differences of TSS data for the first and second sampling. The TSS concentrations are affected by many factors such as land runoff, domestic wastes and so on.