Estimation of phytoplankton pigment concentration in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat) by in situ and remote sensing single-wavelength algorithms

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 5049-5073

  Sokoletsky, L ^a   Dubinsky, Z ^a   Shoshany, M ^a   Stambler, N ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIGMENTS; VEGETATION;

BIO-OPTICAL RELATIONSHIPS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 0347477284     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000069807     Document Type: Article

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