Suspended particulate matter dynamics in coastal waters from ocean color: Application to the northern Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  D'Sa, Eurico J ^a   Miller, Richard L ^b   McKee, Brent A ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COLOR; CORRELATION METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEAWATER;

COASTAL WATERS; OCEAN COLOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (SPM);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; OCEAN COLOR; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149062240     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031192     Document Type: Article

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