Development of a consistent multi-sensor global ocean colour time series

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4047-4064

  Barnes, R A ^a,b   Clark, D K ^c   Esaias, W E ^b   Fargion, G S ^a   Feldman, G C ^b   McClain, C R ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; ECOSYSTEMS; SENSORS;

COLOR SENSORS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEAN COLOR; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS;

EID: 0142166798     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000103862     Document Type: Article

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