The origin and global distribution of second order variability in satellite ocean color and its potential applications to algorithm development

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4186-4203

  Brown, Catherine A ^a,b   Huot, Yannick ^a,b   Werdell, P Jeremy ^c   Gentili, Bernard ^a,b   Claustre, Hervé ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Bio optics; CDOM; MODIS; Ocean color; Optical properties; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PORPHYRINS;

BACKSCATTERING; BIO-OPTICS; CDOM; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGAE;

EID: 53649097812     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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