Algorithm development and validation for satellite-derived distributions of DOC and CDOM in the U.S. Middle Atlantic Bight

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Mannino, Antonio ^a   Russ, Mary E ^a,b   Hooker, Stanford B ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOOXIDATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ALGORITHM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHOTOOXIDATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHESAPEAKE BAY; DELAWARE BAY; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51749124893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004493     Document Type: Article

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