A multispectral remote sensing study of coastal waters off Vancouver Island

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 893-919

  Sathyendranath, S ^a,b   Platt, T ^a   Irwin, B ^a   Horne, E ^a   Borstad, G ^c   Stuart, V ^a,b   Payzant, L ^a   Maass, H ^a   Kepkay, P ^a   Li, W K W ^a   Spry, J ^a   Gower, J ^d  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GA Borstad Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DATA REDUCTION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE SENSORS; WATER; WATER ABSORPTION;

COASTAL WATERS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

REMOTE SENSING;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; IRRADIANCE; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 12144290679     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000139836     Document Type: Article

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