Remote sensing reflectance and inherent optical properties in the mid Chesapeake Bay

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 16-32

  Tzortziou, Maria ^a,c   Subramaniam, Ajit ^b   Herman, Jay R ^c   Gallegos, Charles L ^d   Neale, Patrick J ^d   Harding Jr , Lawrence W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

bio optics; Case 2; coastal waters; estuaries; satellite retrievals

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ALGAL BLOOM; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARY; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 33847065859     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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