Variability of particulate organic carbon concentration in the north polar Atlantic based on ocean color observations with Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Stramska, Malgorzata ^a   Stramski, Dariusz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN COLOR; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 28844496060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002762     Document Type: Article

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