Remote sensing of new production fuelled by nitrogen fixation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Coles, Victoria J ^a   Wilson, Cara ^b   Hood, Raleigh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN FIXATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL;

GEOPHYSICS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 18544399827     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019018     Document Type: Article

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