Detection method of the Kuroshio front using the satellite-derived chlorophyll-a images

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Takahashi, Wataru ^a,b   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Nishi Shinjuku Prime Square   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chl a; NOAA AVHRR; Ocean surface fronts; SeaWiFS; SST; The Kuroshio

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES;

COASTAL WATER (CW); KUROSHIO WATER (KW); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE HEATING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

AVHRR; CHLOROPHYLL A; OCEANIC FRONT; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; WATER MASS;

EID: 22544431674     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.04.019     Document Type: Article

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