Seasonal variability of the backscattering coefficient in the Mediterranean Sea based on satellite Sea WiFS imagery

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 4203-4206

  Loisel, H ^a   Bosc, E ^b   Stramski, D ^c   Oubelkheir, K ^b   Deschamps, P Y ^a  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REMOTE SENSING; BAND STRUCTURE; CARBON; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; SATELLITES;

MINERAL PARTICLES;

GEOPHYSICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BACKSCATTER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWIFS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE;

EID: 0035891823     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013863     Document Type: Article

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