Merging SeaWiFS and MODIS/aqua ocean color data in North and Equatorial Atlantic using weighted averaging and objective analysis

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3436-3450

  Pottier, Claire ^a,b   Garçon, Véronique ^b   Larnicol, Gilles ^a   Sudre, Joël ^b   Schaeffer, Philippe ^a   Le Traon, Pierre Yves ^c  

^a CLS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Biology; Marine vegetation; Sea surface; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL TRANSECT; MARINE VEGETATION; SEA SURFACE; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

AQUACULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; CHLOROPHYLLS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOLYSIS;

EID: 33750830435     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.878441     Document Type: Article

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