The Estimation of Carrying Capacity for Lake Nazik with the Remote Sensing Method

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Lake Nazik is located in 1816 m above sea level and in 380 51’ N 420 14’ E coordinates. In this study, to identify the value of monthly chlorophyll-a, ENVISAT/MERIS satellite images were used. On the other hand, MODIS/Aqua satellite images were also used to identify the value of monthly surface water temperature. Carrying capacity of lake was identified as 24100.21 tons/year, and an annual average chlorophyll-a value was found out as 7.12 mg/m3. Using data on ENVISAT/MERIS satellite images, it has been observed that the chlorophyll-a concentration in Lake Nazik reached its highest value of 30.071 mg/m3 in September, while dropping to its lowest value of 3.727 mg/m3 in January. Using data on MODIS/Aqua satellite images, it has been observed that the maximum value of water surface temperaturewas 22.89 C0 in August, while the minimum value was2.33 C0 in December. Furthermore, it was found out that theannual average value for water surface temperature during the study was 14.9 C0.