Model-based remote sensing algorithms for particulate organic carbon (POC) in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Son, Young Baek ^a,b   Gardner, Wilford D ^a   Mishonov, Alexey V ^c   Richardson, Mary Jo ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Oceanographic Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Particulate organic carbon; Principal component analysis; Remote sensing algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CORRELATION; EIGENVALUE; HYDROGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 63249084410     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-009-0001-1     Document Type: Article

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