Satellite assessment of Mississippi River plume variability: Causes andpredictability

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-35

  Walker, Nan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; NOAA; RIVER PLUME; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENT PLUME;

USA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SATELLITES; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WIND;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; FRESHWATER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT; SATELLITE ASSESSMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030251256     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(95)00259-6     Document Type: Article

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