Bio-optical properties of the Labrador Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Cota, Glenn F ^a   Harrison, W Glen ^b   Platt, Trevor ^b   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^c   Stuart, Venetia ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bio optics; Chlorophyll; Labrador sea; Ocean color; Phytoplankton; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0141940675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000597     Document Type: Article

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