Comparison of in situ and remotely-sensed (SeaWiFS) chlorophyll-a in the Northwest Atlantic

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-355

  Fuentes Yaco, César ^a,b   Devred, Emmanuel ^a,b   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a,b   Platt, Trevor ^b   Payzant, Linda ^b   Caverhill, Caria ^b   Porter, Cathy ^b   Maass, Heidi ^b   White III, George N ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Northwestern Atlantic; Ocean colour; Phytoplankton pigment; Remote sensing; SeaWiFS

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 33746616276     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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