Editing Bathymetry (section)

====Hyper-spectral sensors====
{{main|Hyperspectral imaging}}
The data-sets produced by hyper-spectral (HS) sensors tend to range between 100 and 200 [[spectral band]]s of approximately 5–10&nbsp;nm bandwidths. Hyper-spectral sensing, or imaging spectroscopy, is a combination of continuous remote imaging and spectroscopy producing a single set of data.<ref name=F2/> Two examples of this kind of sensing are AVIRIS ([[airborne visible/infrared imaging spectrometer]]) and HYPERION.

The application of HS sensors in regards to the imaging of the seafloor is the detection and monitoring of [[chlorophyll]], [[phytoplankton]], [[salinity]], water quality, dissolved organic materials, and [[suspended load|suspended sediments]]. However, this does not provide a great visual interpretation of coastal environments.<ref name=F2/>{{clarify|What relevance does this technology have to actual seafloor mapping?|date=July 2022}}