Distribution of Changjiang Diluted Water detected by satellite chlorophyll-a and its interannual variation during 1998-2007

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Kim, Hyun Cheol ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Hisashi ^b   Yoo, Sinjae ^a   Zhu, Jianrong ^c   Okamura, Kazumaro ^d   Kiyomoto, Yoko ^d   Tanaka, Katsuhisa ^d   Kim, Sang Woo ^e   Park, Taewook ^f   Oh, Im Sang ^f   Ishizaka, Joji ^b  

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

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

East China Sea; K means clustering; Kuroshio; Ocean color remote sensing; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; OCEAN COLOR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 58149191360     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-009-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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