MODIS imagery as a tool for synoptic water quality assessments in the southern California coastal ocean

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6680, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nezlin, Nikolay P ^a   DiGiacomo, Paul M ^b   Jones, Burton H ^c   Reifel, Kristen M ^c   Warrick, Jonathan A ^d   Johnson, Scott C ^e   Mengel, Michael J ^f  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Aquatic Bioassay and Consulting Laboratories   (United States)

^f ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater discharge; Ocean color; Plumes; Southern California Bight

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; RAIN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER QUALITY;

FRESHWATER DISCHARGES; OCEAN COLOR; OCEAN WATERS; SURFACE SALINITY;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 42149135587     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.732754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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