Comparison of global chlorophyll climatologies: In situ, CZCS, Blended in situ-CZCS and SeaWiFS

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 969-991

  Conkright, M E ^a   Gregg, W W ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; SENSORS;

BLENDED ANALYSIS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; CHLOROPHYLL; GLOBAL OCEAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OCEAN COLOR; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS;

EID: 0037430075     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160110115573     Document Type: Article

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