Sea Surface Temperature (AVHRR, MODIS) and Ocean Colour (MODIS) seasonal and interannual variability in the Macaronesian islands of Azores, Madeira, and Canaries

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6743, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Martins, A M ^a   Amorim, A S B ^b   Figueiredo, M P ^a   Sousa, R J ^b   Mendonca A P ^a   Bashmachnikov, I L ^b   Carvalho, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Regional Health Directorate of Madeira   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Macaronesia islands; Ocean colour; Sea surface temperature; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRADIENT METHODS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MIXING;

MACARONESIA ISLANDS; OCEAN COLOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 42149124474     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.738373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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