Region-adaptable retrieval of coastal biogeochemical parameters from near-surface hyperspectral remote sensing reflectance using physics-aware meta-learning
Hyperspectral in situ sensing has shown promise in retrieving aquatic biogeochemical (BGC) parameters, such as total suspended solids, dissolved organic carbon, and total chlorophyll-a, for cost-effective monitoring of coastal water quality. However, generalising such retrieval algorithms across water bodies remains challenging, as the relationship between remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) and BGC parameters can vary considerably from one region to another due to regional distinctions in environmental conditions and biogeochemistry that lead to different BGC ranges and bio-optical properties. In this study, we propose a two-stage physics-aware meta-learning framework for retrieving coastal BGC parameters from near-surface Rrs observations. In the first stage, a bio-optical forward model is used to generate a large synthetic dataset based on an in situ bio-optical spectral library with broad representativeness of Australian coastal waters. This dataset is then used to pretrain a region-agnostic base model with meta-learning, allowing the model to learn fundamental physical relationships. In the second stage, the pretrained base model is fine-tuned for specific regions with local samples. We collected in situ hyperspectral Rrs and BGC measurements from five geographically distinct sites in Australian coastal waters. Our experimental results suggest: (1) the BGC parameters and their corresponding hyperspectral Rrs signatures exhibited clear regional distinctions among the experimental sites; (2) the synthetic dataset was physically plausible and closely aligned with real-world samples in both parameter distributions and inter-parameter correlations; (3) the proposed approach outperformed five benchmark models in BGC retrieval; and (4) time series of in situ measured and model-predicted BGC parameters showed good agreement in both magnitude and temporal dynamics.
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