Observations of pigment and particle distributions in the western North Atlantic from an autonomous float and ocean color satellite

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 5 PART 2, 2008, Pages 2112-2122

  Boss, E ^a   Swift, D ^b   Taylor, L ^a   Brickley, P ^a   Zaneveld, R ^c   Riser, S ^b   Perry, M J ^a   Strutton, P G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WET Labs Inc   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN COLOR; PARTICLE MOTION; PIGMENT; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; GREENLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

ALGAE;

EID: 55949097101     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.5_part_2.2112     Document Type: Article

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