Satellite remote sensing of a low-salinity water plume in the East China Sea

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2019-2035

  Ahn, Y H ^a   Shanmugam, P ^a   Moon, J E ^a   Ryu, J H ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PLUME; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 49049112851     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2019-2008     Document Type: Article

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