Discovering the Azores Front/Current system with SeaWiFS imagery

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5569, Issue , 2004, Pages 156-167

  Martins, Ana ^a   Bashmachnikov, Igor ^a   Lafon, Virginie ^a   Mendonça, Ana ^a   José, Felix ^a   Figueiredo, Miguel ^a   Macedo, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores Current; Azores Front; Ocean Colour

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AZORES CURRENTS; AZORES FRONT; OCEAN COLOR; OCEAN DYNAMIC VARIABILITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 15944403571     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.565589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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