Algal blooming patterns and anomalies in the Mediterranean Sea as derived from the SeaWiFS data set (1998-2003)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3300-3313

  Barale, Vittorio ^a   Jaquet, Jean Michel ^b,c   Ndiaye, Mapathé ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b DEWA/GRID Europe   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algal bloom; Mediterranean Sea; Ocean colour; Phytoplankton; SeaWiFS

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE CONTROL; BAND STRUCTURE; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECOLOGY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; MIXING; MONITORING; PEST CONTROL; PIGMENTS; PORPHYRINS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

CHLOROPHYLL LIKE PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; COASTAL FISHERIES; CONTINENTAL (CO); DATA SETS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ELSEVIER (CO); GENERAL (CO); HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM (HAB); HOT-SPOTS; IN LINE; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONITOR (CO); OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING (ORS); PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; SEAWIFS; SEAWIFS DATA; SPACE AND TIME; SPRING BLOOMS; STABLE STRATIFICATION; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY; VERTICAL MIXING;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

ALGAL BLOOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; WARMING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 45649085027     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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