Nitrate ($ ext{NO}_3^-$) is a dissolved inorganic nitrogen primarily from anthropogenic sources, posing a risk for coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef.
Study aims to measure time-series nitrate and hyperspectral reflectance at the Fitzroy River estuary in Australia.
Predicted nitrate loads using hyperspectral reflectance and water salinity measurements with good correlation to ground-truth data.
The model showed an $R^2$ score of 0.86 and RMSE of 0.03 mg/L, indicating the feasibility of predicting water surface nitrate from these measurements.