Prediction of ocean colour: Monte Carlo simulation applied to a virtual ecosystem based on the Lagrangian Ensemble method

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 921-936

  Liu, Cheng Chien ^a   Woods, J D ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OCEAN-COLOR SIGNALS; PLANKTON ECOSYSTEM MODEL;

REMOTE SENSING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OCEAN COLOR; PLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1542651895     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000139809     Document Type: Article

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