Bio-optical modeling of primary production on regional scales: The Bermuda BioOptics project

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1865-1896

  Siegel, D A ^a   Westberry, T K ^b   O'Brien, M C ^c   Nelson, N B ^a   Michaels, A F ^b   Morrison, J R ^d   Scott, A ^a,b   Caporelli, E A ^e   Sorensen, J C ^c   Maritorena, S ^a,b   Garver, S A ^a   Brody, E A ^d,e   Ubante, J ^c,d   Hammer, M A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER;

PRODUCTION MODELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MODELING; OCEAN COLOR; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

EID: 0035033224     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00167-3     Document Type: Article

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