A remote sensing study of the phytoplankton spatial-temporal cycle in the southeastern Indian Ocean

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Marinelli, Marco A ^a   Lynch, Mervyn J ^a   Pearce, Alan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; CZCS; Ocean colour; Phytoplankton; Remote sensing; South Eastern Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; COLOR; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; COASTAL ZONE COLOR SCANNERS; CZCS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; OCEAN COLOR SENSOR; OCEAN-COLOUR;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 61349083115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2902340     Document Type: Article

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