Assessment of satellite ocean color products at a coastal site

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-215

  Mélin, Frédéric ^a   Zibordi, Giuseppe ^a   Berthon, Jean François ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bio optical algorithms; MODIS; Ocean color; SeaWiFS; Validation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING;

BIO-OPTICAL ALGORITHMS; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; SEAWIFS; VALIDATION;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34547419693     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.026     Document Type: Article

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