Structure and influence of tropical river plumes in the Great Barrier Reef: Application and performance of an airborne sea surface salinity mapping system

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-220

  Burrage, D M ^a,e   Heron, M L ^b   Hacker, J M ^c   Miller, J L ^d   Stieglitz, T C ^a   Steinberg, C R ^a   Prytz, A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Scanning low frequency microwave radiometer; Sea surface salinity mapping system

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SALINE WATER;

RIVER PLUMES;

RIVERS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0242668677     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00206-7     Document Type: Article

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