Thin scattering layers observed by airborne lidar

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 778-789

  Churnside, James H ^a   Donaghay, Percy L ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Lidar; Plankton layers; Thin layers; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; COASTAL WATER; LARVA; LIDAR; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; PLANKTON; SAMPLING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL DATA; UPWELLING;

ALGAE;

EID: 68349157876     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp029     Document Type: Article

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