Table 5 Summarized accuracy assesment of landsat 8 (L8) Chl-a and LSAT estimates against reference datsets(Sentinel-3 OLCI and MODIS) using R2, RMSE, MSE and MAE.

From: Spatiotemporal modelling and monitoring of harmful algal blooms using IoT in Lake Victoria Basin Kenya

Year of HAB occurrence

L8 Chl-a estimates Vs sentinel-3 OLCI reference data

L8 LSAT estimates Vs MODIS reference data

R2

RMSE (mg/m3)

MSE (mg/m3)2

MAE (mg/m3)

R2

RMSE (°C)

MSE (°C)2

MAE (°C)

2015

0.837

2.767

7.659

2.148

0.667

2.064

4.259

1.674

2016

0.843

4.410

19.448

2.637

0.834

1.562

2.439

1.249

2017

0.892

2.583

6.670

1.869

0.697

1.394

1.944

1.072

2018

0.839

3.459

11.967

2.622

0.782

1.270

1.614

0.959

2019

0.899

2.531

6.406

1.675

0.821

2.418

5.847

1.728

2020

0.882

2.526

6.379

1.816

0.754

1.248

1.556

0.951