Regional and seasonal variability of chlorophyll-a in Chesapeake Bay as observed by SeaWiFS and MODIS-Aqua

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1319-1330

  Werdell, P Jeremy ^a   Bailey, Sean W ^a   Franz, Bryan A ^a   Harding Jr , Lawrence W ^b   Feldman, Gene C ^a   McClain, Charles R ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Chlorophyll; MODIS; Ocean color; Remote sensing; SeaWiFS; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUA SPACECRAFT; BAND RATIOS; CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAMS; CHLOROPHYLL-A; CURRENT FIELDS; DATA SETS; HIGH DENSITIES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; MATCHING ALGORITHMS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; MODIS AQUAS; MONITORING ACTIVITIES; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL COMPLEXITY; PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS; REASONABLE ACCURACIES; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS; SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; SEAWIFS; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL COVERAGES; SPATIAL SCALE; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERICS; BAND STRUCTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; MONITORING; NASA; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PORPHYRINS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ALGORITHM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; MODIS; NUTRIENT; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT; TIME SERIES; WATER QUALITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549094604     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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